mercenary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɜː.sə.nə.ɹi/|/ˈmɜː.sən.ɹi/    美 /ˈmɜː.sə.nə.ɹi/|/ˈmɜː.sən.ɹi/|/ˈmɝ.sə.ˌnɛɹ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One motivated by gain, especially monetary. archaic
    — J. Argyrofylus, a mercenary Greek, who came to teach school in Italy, after the sacking of Constantinople by the Turks, used to maintain that Cicero understood neither Philosophy nor Greek
  2. A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
    — He exhorts the emperor to revive the courage of his subjects by the example of manly virtue; to banish luxury from the court and from the camp; to substitute in the place of the Barbarian mercenaries, an army of men interested in the defence of their laws and of their property
  3. One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign. figuratively
形容词 adj.
  1. Motivated by personal gain.
    — Success is never so interesting as struggle—not even to the successful, not even to the most mercenary forms of ambition.

词形变化

mercenaries plural more mercenary comparative most mercenary superlative

词汇关系

近义词
adventurer bravo condottiere filibuster freebooter freelance free companion hired gun hireling hit man merc mercenary private military contractor sellsword soldier of fortune
上位词
employee fighter payee person soldier
下位词
condottiere freelance gallowglass Landsknecht lansquenet Mamertine routier turcopole sellsword Wagnerite assassin bouncer bodyguard

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mercenarye (“someone paid to work, hireling”), from Latin mercēnārius (“hired for money”), from mercēs (“reward, wages, price”).
词源 2
From Middle English mercenarye (“someone paid to work, hireling”), from Latin mercēnārius (“hired for money”), from mercēs (“reward, wages, price”).
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