1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
雙語例句
1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
最貪得無厭的公司往往是工程隊。
來自柯林斯例句
2. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
在一個貪婪的社會里,貪財是自私自利的突出表現形式.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. We live in an acquisitive society.
我們生活在一個物欲橫流的社會。
來自辭典例句
4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
他們是一個貪婪的社會的 副產品, 是些渣滓而已.
來自辭典例句
5. Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ".