2.old-fashionedDISHONEST someone who tries to become rich or socially important by using dishonest or immoral methods – used to show disapproval 投机分子;为求名利不择手段的人〔含贬义〕
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adventurer• I am kind of an adventurer.• He saw it as indicating the travel weariness of the great adventurer.• Finally, in 1542, the adventurer gave up in defeat and departed.• If the adventurersrefuse to help, the Ghost will curse them for their callousness and attack.• Bluffingmeans that the adventurers must have a plausiblestoryready immediately.• The puppetperformance grows more venomous until the adventurers walk out or the puppets attack.• This lasts while the adventurers remain within the Tower and for D10 turns afterwards.