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IELTS BNC: 15091 COCA: 14838

mercenary

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Related topics: Army
mer·ce·na·ry1 /ˈmɜːsənəri $ ˈmɜːrsəneri/ noun (plural mercenaries) [countableC]  
PMAa soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him 雇佣兵
 an army of foreign mercenaries
外国雇佣军团
 a mercenary soldier
一名雇佣兵
Examples from the Corpus
mercenary• Ogre bands are often recruited as mercenaries into the Empire's armies, where their great strength is highly valued.• Yes, but Lonrho had hired mercenaries.• More than eight hundred mercenaries, but not in battle order.• If mercenaries had been protecting the Balkan safe havens, there might never have been the massacre of Srebrenica.• Lawyers in the main were intellectual mercenaries to be bought and sold in any cause...• Like mercenaries, they wrangle and scheme for money wherever money can be found.• On his return to Aquitaine he was able to recruit mercenaries on a large scale.• Colombian police said the mercenaries were hired by drug traffickers.• Nor were mercenaries supplied only by very small or weak States.
mercenary2 adjectiveadj  
SELFISHonly interested in the money you may be able to get from a person, job etc 只对钱感兴趣的，唯利是图的
 She did it for purely mercenary reasons.
她这么做纯粹是为了钱。
 a mercenary attitude
唯利是图的态度
Examples from the Corpus
mercenary• To a very recently bereaved family who are struggling with a multiplicity of emotions this early attention to fees can seem mercenary.• Collectors who are really dedicated have to be as mercenary as Boba Fett to get what they want.• For better or worse, with sincerity or mercenary attachment, the hip musical climate was heavily involved.• Sponsors were criticized for their mercenary attitude toward the Olympic games.• Their hair was everywhere in the gusts: a solemn mercenary navy imported by a poor place.• So the choice often comes down to mercenary peacekeeping or no peacekeeping.• At first glance, he resembled a truck driver, or perhaps a mercenary soldier.• He created a chain of fortified villages and strongpoints and established a corps of mercenary troops to guard them.
Origin mercenary1
(1300-1400) Latin mercenarius, from merces “payment for work”; → MERCY
mer·ce·na·ry1 nounmercenary2 adjectiveadj
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IELTS BNC: 15091 COCA: 14838
mercenary

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ADJECTIVE | ... OF MERCENARIES | VERB + MERCENARY | MERCENARY + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤foreign外國雇傭兵➤hired雇傭兵... OF MERCENARIES➤army, band, group一支雇傭軍；一夥雇傭兵◇a small army of mercenaries一小隊雇傭軍VERB + MERCENARY➤employ, hire, recruit雇用雇傭兵；招募雇傭兵▸➤pay付錢給雇傭兵➤become變成雇傭兵◇Six years ago, he became a mercenary for a private military corporation.6 年前，他成為一家私人軍事公司的雇傭兵。MERCENARY + NOUN➤army, group雇傭軍；雇傭兵團
IELTS BNC: 15091 COCA: 14838
mercenary noun
⇨ soldiermercenary adj.
⇨ greedy
IELTS BNC: 15091 COCA: 14838
mercenary
Selfish, greedy and not generous: selfish, greedy, cynical...
Miscellaneous soldiers: airman, airwoman, batman...

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