mammon
['mæmən]
- n. 钱财(作为偶像或罪恶根源看的,常为贬义);财神;贪欲(等于mammon)
英英释义
- 1. wealth regarded as an evil influence
实用场景例句
- It taught only materialism, the gospel of mammon.
- 它只是宣扬金钱至上的物欲主义。
柯林斯例句
- It is not every day that one meets a business-person who is not obsessed with Mammon.
- 不贪财的生意人可遇不可求。
柯林斯例句
- It was possible to serve God and Mammon at the same time.
- 敬上帝与拜财神可以并行不悖.
辞典例句
- I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
- 我得尽量谦卑一些,好博得这位老谋深算的恶神的好感.
辞典例句
- One cannot serve God and Mammon.
- 不能既拜上帝又拜财神.
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- Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- 你们不能服事神,又服事金钱.
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- Ye cannot server god and mammon.
- 汝不可尊奉上帝而又尊奉金钱.
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- You cannot serve God and mammon.
- 你们不能事奉神,又事奉玛门.
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- Those who set out to serve both god mammon soon discover that there is no god.
- 凡是存心为神服务而又兼为金钱服务者,不久会发现此地无神存在.
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- Being the owner of those corporations, she is regarded as an emblem of mammon.
- 作为那些公司的拥有者, 她被视为财富的象征.
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- Whiles Mammon is worshipped as never before , the rich get richer and the poor, poorer.
- 当财神比以往任何时候都更受崇拜的时候,穷者愈穷, 富者愈富.
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- Motives inspired by mammon were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to Caesar and to God.
- 物质财富所激发的动机不可避免地与有关凯撒和上帝的东西交织在一起.
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中文词源
Mammon 财神
来自希腊语mammonas,来自亚拉姆语mamon,财富,收益,钱财。首字母大写用于指财神,在中世纪时被认为是魔鬼的化身。
双语例句
- 1. It taught only materialism, the gospel of mammon.
- 它只是宣扬金钱至上的物欲主义。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is not every day that one meets a business-person who is not obsessed with Mammon.
- 不贪财的生意人可遇不可求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was possible to serve God and Mammon at the same time.
- 敬上帝与拜财神可以并行不悖.
来自辞典例句
- 4. I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
- 我得尽量谦卑一些,好博得这位老谋深算的恶神的好感.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He believes that our society teaches young people to worship Mammon.
- 他相信我们的社会教年轻人崇拜财神.
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英文词源
- Mammon (n.)
- "personification of wealth," mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona, from Greek mamonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain;" left untranslated in Greek New Testament (e.g. Matt. vi:24, Luke xvi:9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon.