acquisitive

adj.
渴望得到的，贪婪的

Phrase

1 acquisitive prescription
取得时效 ; 取得的时效 ; 详细翻译

2 acquisitive instinct
获取本能 ; 占有欲 ; 贪婪的本能

3 acquisitive society
贪得的社会 ; 营利社会

Bilingual example sentences

1 What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar.
现在的情况是，人们不能像以前那样轻易、公开地完全承认自己的梦想，惟恐别人认为他们爱赶时髦、贪得无厌、庸俗不堪。

2 Although acquisitive, it avoided big deals before the crash.
即使也是贪得无厌，它在危机到来之前也避免了大手笔的交易。

3 We have become extremely acquisitive in a way our forebears never were.
我们变得极度的贪得无厌。

而我们的先人们从不这样。