1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
双语例句
1. The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
在一个贪婪的社会里,贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. We live in an acquisitive society.
我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
来自辞典例句
4. They're the by - product of an acquisitive society , refuse, that's all.
他们是一个贪婪的社会的 副产品, 是些渣滓而已.
来自辞典例句
5. Its inhabitants , by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word'smart ".
