WANTvery strong desire for something, especially money or property 贪心,贪财,贪婪SYN greed
the cupidity of some businessmen
一些商人的贪婪
Examples from the Corpus
cupidity• Rincewind took a few stepsforward, cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels.• Its whole history is known and is a sad example of cupidityoverridingrespect for beauty and history.
Origincupidity
(1400-1500)Frenchcupidité, from Latincupiditas, from cupere“to desire”