mercenary的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The captain of a gnome mercenary company is looking for a good supplier of horses and weapons.一个唯利是图的侏儒公司的头目正在寻找一个良好的马匹与武器供应源。
Mercenary men lust for wealth.唯利是图的人贪求财富。
He sent 4000 mercenary Genoese crossbowmen against the English line.They were cut down by the English longbowmen.四千个雇佣的热那亚籍十字弓手奉他命令，向英国阵营进攻，不少死在英国长弓手箭下。

用作名词(n.)

The captain of a gnome mercenary company is looking for a good supplier of horses and weapons.一个唯利是图的侏儒公司的头目正在寻找一个良好的马匹与武器供应源。
Mercenary men lust for wealth.唯利是图的人贪求财富。
This regiment was entirely composed of mercenary troops.这个团完全是由雇佣兵组成的。
A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin.一个雇佣兵卷入了一个任务，完成与否关系到他的亲人的安危。

经典引文

I might improve my fortune by some other means than by making a mercenary marriage.
出自：H. James
These..Followed their mercenary calling, And took their wages and are dead.
出自：A. E. Housman
The activities of mercenary and unscrupulous journalists.
出自：A. West

【近义词】

acquisitive想获得的
greedy贪婪的
soldier士兵
soldier of fortune雇佣兵
grasping贪心的
avaricious贪财的
covetous贪婪的
moneygrubbing蓄积钱财
commercial商业的
venal<正式>受贿的...
earthly地球的
adventurer冒险家
legionnaire退伍军人协会会员...
freedom fighter自由战士
guerrilla游击队员
materialistic唯物论的
worldly-minded营求名利的
mercantile贸易的
freelance自由择业的
moneymaking孜孜求利的
free-lance自由契约的

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