venal
['vi:nəl]
adj. 贪污的;用金钱买得的;贿赂的;贪赃枉法的
同义词
参考例子
1.Ellis was a venal, sly man.
埃利斯是个贪财、奸诈的人。
2.Venal judges are a disgrace to a country.
贪污腐败的法官是国家的耻辱。
3.Yet surplus countries tend to see themselves as virtuous and deficit countries as venal—the implication being that the burden of adjustment should fall on the borrowers.
然而盈余国大都是自命高尚,并认为赤字国唯利是图──潜台词就是调整局面的重担应该落到借贷者的身上。
英文解释
adj.
1.capable of being corrupted
网络释义
venal
贪污的; 唯利是图的; 维纳尔; 维纳尔星域;
corrupt venal
贪污的;
venal practice
贿赂受赂行为;
venal officials
贪官污吏;
a venal administration
腐败的政府;