mer·ce·nary /ˈmɝsṇˌɛri/
雇來的人,傭兵(a.)為錢而工作的,被雇的,圖利的
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.
Mer·ce·na·ry n.; pl. Mercenaries One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.
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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]