C - cupidity 中文 - EN166

cupidity n.貪欲，貪婪。

cupola
Amongst us a simpleton , possessed by the demon of hate or cupidity , who has an enemy to destroy , or some near relation to dispose of , goes straight to the grocer s or druggist s , gives a false name , which leads more easily to his detection than his real one , and under the pretext that the rats prevent him from sleeping , purchases five or six grammes of arsenic - if he is really a cunning fellow , he goes to five or six different druggists or grocers , and thereby becomes only five or six times more easily traced ; - then , when he has acquired his specific , he administers duly to his enemy , or near kinsman , a dose of arsenic which would make a mammoth or mastodon burst , and which , without rhyme or reason , makes his victim utter groans which alarm the entire neighborhood 在我們的人社會里，一個傻瓜要是心里懷有仇恨或動了貪念，想除掉一個仇人或除去一個近親，他就會徑自跑到雜貨店或藥房里，借口老鼠吵得他無法睡覺，要買五六克砒霜，他還會捏造一個假名字，而那卻比真名字更容易被識破，假如他真是一個狡猾的家伙，他就會分別到五六家不同的藥房或雜貨店里去買，因此，當追蹤線索的時候，就更容易了五六倍。然后，當他弄到他想要的東西以后，他就莽莽撞撞地給他的仇人或近親吃一付砒霜，其份量之重，就是古代的巨象或恐吃了也會五臟崩裂的，就這樣毫無意義地使他的受害者在那里呻吟，以致驚動了四鄰。
At the sight of the diamond , which was as large as a hazel - nut , la carconte s eyes sparkled with cupidity . 一看到那顆象榛子般大的鉆石，卡康脫女人立刻顯露出貪婪的目光。 ”
I never saw such an expression of cupidity as the flickering lamp revealed in those two countenances 跳動的燈光照亮了那兩張臉，我從沒在人的臉上看到過那種貪婪的表情。
It certainly was not worth while to throw a veil of innocence over such palpable human cupidity 要在這么露骨的人類的貪婪性之上加以無辜的面網，也當然是不值得的。
“ i hope it may be so , “ replied caderousse , his face flushed with cupidity “我也希望如此。 ”卡德魯斯回答，他的臉上閃耀著希望和貪欲的紅光。
It certainly was not worth while to throw a veil of innocence over such palpable human cupidity . 要在這么露骨的人類的貪婪性之上加以無辜的面紗當然是不值得的。