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mer·ce·nary
/ˈmɝsṇˌɛri/
雇來的人,傭兵(
a
.)為錢而工作的,被雇的,圖利的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mer·ce·na·ry
a.
1.
Acting
for
reward
;
serving
for
pay
;
paid
;
hired
;
hireling
;
venal
;
as
,
mercenary
soldiers
.
2.
Hence
:
Moved
primarily
by
considerations
of
pay
or
profit
;
greedy
of
gain
;
sordid
;
selfish
.
For
God
forbid
I
should
my
papers
blot
With
mercenary
lines
,
with
servile
pen
. --
Daniel
.
Syn:
--
See
Venal
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mer·ce·na·ry
n.
;
pl
.
Mercenaries
One
who
is
hired
;
a
hireling
;
especially
,
a
soldier
hired
into
foreign
service
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
mercenary
adj
1:
marked
by
materialism
[
syn
:
materialistic
,
worldly-minded
]
2:
used
of
soldiers
hired
by
a
foreign
army
[
syn
:
mercenary(a)
,
freelance(a)
]
3:
profit
oriented
; "
a
commercial
book
"; "
preached
a
mercantile
and
militant
patriotism
"-
John
Buchan
; "
a
mercenary
enterprise
"; "
a
moneymaking
business
" [
syn
:
mercantile
,
moneymaking(a)
]
n
:
a
person
hired
to
fight
for
another
country
than
their
own
[
syn
:
soldier of fortune
]
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