Mammon

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈmæmən/    美 /ˈmæmən/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
    — No man can ſerue two maſters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or elſe hee will holde to the one, and deſpiſe the other. Ye cannot ſerue God and Mammon.
  2. Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.
    — The proper sphere of the church, after all, was the kingdom of God, not greedy earthbound kingdoms of mammon, which should be left to temporal authorities to rule and squabble over.

词形变化

mammon alternative

词源

From Late Latin mammona (“wealth”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnâs), from Aramaic מָמוֹנָא (māmōnā, “money, wealth”). Compare Hebrew מָמוֹן (mamón, “money”).
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