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单词 acquisitive
释义
acquisitive
adjective
formal
uk
/əˈkwɪz.ɪ.tɪv/us
/əˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv/

acquisitiveadjective(WANTING THINGS)

oftendisapproving
eagerto own andcollectthings:
（对财物）渴望得到的，迫切求取的；贪婪的
Welivein an acquisitivesocietythatviewssuccessprimarilyintermsofmaterialpossessions.我们生活在一个贪求功利的社会中，判断一个人成功与否首要是看他拥有多少物质财富。
Synonyms
avariciousformaldisapproving
covetousformaldisapproving
graspingdisapproving
greedydisapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
wanting more of something than you need
  • greedyI've never met anyone so greedy for power.
  • avariciousHe acquired his wealth by being an avaricious, unscrupulous businessman.
  • rapaciousHe's a rapacious lawyer who will stop at nothing to win a case.
  • acquisitiveShe was ruthlessly acquisitive and often bought expensive items just to keep others from owning them.
  • graspingShe's a selfish, grasping old woman.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
  • ache forsomething
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • angle
  • angle forsomething
  • aspirant
  • burn
  • fancy
  • haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/forsomething
  • hungrily
  • pine
  • setyoursights onsomethingidiom
  • shook
  • sight
  • someone'sheart's desireidiom
  • straw
  • super-ambitious
  • tempt
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acquisitiveadjective(COMPANY)

business
used todescribeacompanythatbuysothercompanies:
收购的
It has been one of the most acquisitivefirmsinrecenttimes,buyingover adozenbusinessesin the last 18months.该公司是近年来收购行为最为频繁的公司之一，在过去18个月内收购了十几家公司。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mergers & acquisitions
  • absorb
  • acquihire
  • acquire
  • acquisition
  • amalgamation
  • anti-conglomerate
  • conglomerate
  • counterattack
  • denationalization
  • denationalize
  • fire sale
  • growth-oriented
  • hive
  • hivesomethingoff
  • hostile
  • oligopoly
  • parent
  • parent company
  • partnership
  • spinsomethingoff
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(Definition ofacquisitivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

acquisitive| Business English

acquisitive
adjective
formal, mainlydisapproving
uk
/əˈkwɪzɪtɪv/us
/-əṱɪv/
used todescribeapersonorcompanythatbuysothercompanies:
It has been one of the most acquisitivefirmsinrecenttimes,buyingover adozenbusinessesin the last 18months.
(Definition ofacquisitivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofacquisitive

acquisitive
Equality cannot prevail if individuals behave as ' 'acquisitivemaximizers in daily life' ' (p. 140).
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We have approached the list by identifying offences that are inherentlyacquisitiveand known to generate large profits.
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I wonder whether when he used the words "the consumer society", that was, in itself, a euphemism for theacquisitivesociety.
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Nevertheless, most of the money comes from rich andacquisitiveindividuals.
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He talks about the majority of crime being committed by drug users and refers to it asacquisitivecrime.
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Recent evidence suggests that the deterrent effect of drug testing can have an impact on offending rates and in particular, onacquisitivecrimes.
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The evidence shows that there is a link betweenacquisitivecrime and drug taking.
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There are still quite a number of rather wicked,acquisitivepeople in the world.
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When it comes to the point, our competitors' commercial considerations and all the mundaneacquisitiveinstincts come to the surface.
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Good empirical evidence suggests that approximately half of all property crime—burglary and otheracquisitivecrime—is committed by people seeking to feed their drug habit.
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Equally, it is not possible to blame theacquisitivesociety for the rise in crime.
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Although crime is disturbing wherever it occurs, a sudden upsurge of serious disorder oracquisitivecrime in a peaceful rural area can be very disturbing.
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The psychology of a capitalist society is that we have selfishacquisitivemotives running rampant throughout all sections of the community.
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The links between drugs and, especially,acquisitivecrime are now so firm that no one can doubt them.
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Here is an honest endeavour to find an answer to theacquisitivesociety, also with freedom, and the mixed enterprise.
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