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单词 venality
释义
venality
noun[U]
formal
uk
/viːˈnæl.ə.ti/us
/vɪˈnæl.ə.t̬i/
thestateorqualityof beingvenal(=willingtobehavedishonestlyinexchangeformoney):
腐败，贪污
Hisreputationhas beendefinedbyallegationsofcorruptionand venality.他的声誉与腐败和贪污的指控紧密相连。
His best-knownnovelis abitterstudyof the venality of theliteraryworld.他最著名的小说是对文艺界的腐败行为的尖刻描绘。
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  • This is what you get whenpeoplefinallyrefuseto put up withofficialcorruption, venality, andstupidity.
  • Theplayisintendedas amusicalsatireon the venality ofgovernment.
  • Hisbrutalityand venality should not gounpunished.
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(Definition ofvenalityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvenality

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Venalityseems to have had one foot in the camp of abject cronyism, and the other in that of rampant commercialism.
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And, from a social point of view, didvenalitycontribute to the renewal of the elites, through the access of new members of bourgeois origin?
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Nevertheless, there are still lacking exhaustive monographs on sales and, in particular, analyses of the social and political meanings ofvenality.
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The absence of blood in the archipelago's politics must not displace venality's pivotal role in it.
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No other factor has contributed more to the weakening and demoralization of the bourgeoisie than thevenalityof office.
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The influence of the throne was to his eyes onlyvenality, and all the opposition merely a branch of the court.
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Among them, the numerous campaigns of sales of positions-or officialvenalityof positions (juanna)-during the 19th century, certainly stand apart.
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What can be said about the rolevenalityof of®ce played in shaping this elite?
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It is time to return to more general analysis, for which the question of thevenalityof of®ces and its consequences may prove a good point of departure.
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It assesses the implications of widespreadvenalityof of®ces, as well as the real meaning of the estatuto of 1603, which formally excluded non-nobles from the city council.
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This access was meant to serve both as a useful check on corruption andvenalityin the administration, and also, in the right hands, as a powerful public relations gesture.
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Human beings did that—we cannot blame others—yet we continually blame other species for problems that are entirely created by our own selfishness andvenality.
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However, not all countries were guilty of the sin ofvenalityand ill-directed aid.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That as a suggestion must be born of the minds of those who are familiar withvenality.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Without doing that,venality, patronage and the desire for appointment or otherwise will always prevail.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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