“I think you are vile and mercenary ,”said Scarlett, but her remark was automatic

“我看你简直利欲熏心，无耻之尤”，斯佳丽说，不过这是有口无心的话。

It is wrong for scholars to think that the scholarship is a purely mercenary contract, and that they are entitled to try to maximise their own careers and prospects in this selfish way.

把奖学金当成是雇佣合约，并以为可以借着它来开拓个人的事业和前途，这不只错误，也是自私自利的想法。

Don’t think me mercenary . It is love, the thought of our future with which I am burdened.

别以为我贪图金钱，叫我耿耿于怀的正是爱情和我们的将来。

act from mercenary motives

出自图利动机的行动.

Besides, her object was not purely mercenary

此外，她所追求的目的不单纯是为了金钱。

Article 3 Marriage upon arbitrary decision by any third party, mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference in the freedom of marriage shall be prohibited. The exaction of money or gifts in connection with marriage shall be prohibited.

第三条禁止包办、买卖婚姻和其他干涉婚姻自由的行为。禁止借婚姻索取财物。

mercenary attitude

雇佣观念.

a mercenary recounting his exploits

关于他的剥削的唯利是图的描述

“You heard Hsin-mei say how vulgar she’s become.I don’t know what became of her old refinement.I never expected her to turn so mercenary in one year.She’s not like a well-bred girl at all,” he remarked

鸿渐道:“你听辛楣说她现在变得多么俗，从前的风雅不知哪里去了，想不到一年工夫会变得惟利是图，全不像个大家闺秀。”

Oh, what a detestable crew they are, these mercenary speculators!“

噢，投机家是多么卑鄙下贱啊。”

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man

人贪钱财,心无美德

We cannot create an overall climate that encourages the learning of history if such a myopic and mercenary attitude persists.

如果新加坡人这种短视的、功利主义的态度不改，全社会仍缺少一个重视历史学习的大气候。

But though Zhang and his wife were snobbish and mercenary , they had a principled and feeling daughter.

谁知那张家父母如此爱势贪财,却养了一个知义多情的女儿

His actions are entirely mercenary

他的行为完全是为了钱

It is better than the mercenary system since it does not produce so many loafers, but it is not so good as universal military service

它比募兵制要好些，它不会造成那样多的二流子;但比征兵制要差些。

His action was prompted by mercenary motives.

贪图钱财的动机促使他采取行动。

mercenary politicians

为金钱而从事政治活动的政客.

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

唯利是图者,胸中无美德。

What we now have is neither the old mercenary system nor universal military service, but a third system, the system of mobilizing volunteers

我们现行的，既不是旧式的募兵制，也不是征兵制，而是第三种兵役制--动员制。

I am actuated by no mercenary considerations

我这个人，并不是专在钱上打主意的。

I really do not know where a poor knight’s daughter is to seek for an alliance in these mercenary times

我真不知道在这种唯利是图的时代，穷爵士的女儿上哪儿去攀亲。

This body of soldiery-which still sustains a corporate existence, and marches down from past ages with an ancient and honourable fame-was composed of no mercenary materials.

这个士兵组成的方阵,里面没有一个是雇佣兵,因此仍然保持着一个整体而存在,他们从拥有古老而荣誉的声名的过去的岁月中齐步走来。

This regiment was entirely composed of mercenary troops.

这个团完全是由雇佣兵组成的。

The mercenary troops are embarking on new adventures there.

这支雇佣军正在那里干新的冒险勾当。

||1:The stereotype is sometimes true.||2:Far too many oil and mineral ventures are dirty.||3:Corrupt African leaders, of whom there is still an abundance, can always find foreign enablers to launder the loot.||4:And contracts with firms from countries that care little for transparency, such as Russia, are often murky.||5:Three Russian journalists were murdered last year while investigating a Kremlin-linked mercenary outfit that reportedly protects the president of the war-torn Central African Republic and enables diamond-mining there.||6:Understandably, many saw a whiff of old-fashioned imperialism.

||1:有时情况确如这种刻板印象。||2:太多的石油和矿产企业都见不得光。||3:腐败的非洲领导人（现在仍有很多）总能找到外国的帮凶来洗黑钱。||4:此外，与俄罗斯等不太注重透明度的国家的公司签订的合同往往也不透明。||5:去年，三名俄罗斯记者在调查一个与克里姆林宫有关联的雇佣军组织时被谋杀。据报道，该组织保护饱受战争蹂躏的中非共和国的总统，并在那里开采钻石。||6:不难理解，许多人看到了一丝旧式帝国主义的味道。

(The Taliban later claimed they were trying to kill an American mercenary who they erroneously claimed was at the store. )

（塔利班随后发表的声明称，他们是想杀掉一名误入超市的美国雇佣兵，才发起袭击。）

Arranged or mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference with the freedom of marriage are forbidden.

包办、买卖婚姻和其他任何干涉婚姻自由的行为都是被禁止的。

Burton Cole, a former mercenary , is offered one last contract and the chance to settle an old score with Hochburg.

伯顿•科尔，前雇佣兵，被指派最后一项任务，试着解决与霍克伯格的旧账。

I’ve seen them in light weapon. It is said that they’re collected by German army, and as mercenary army in Britain after WW2.

从轻兵器上见过，说是他们先被德军收编，二战结束后在英国做雇佣军。

But in other areas the state looks more mercenary .

但在其他领域，政府看起来更像是唯利是图。

mercenary system

雇佣兵役制 ,募兵制

mercenary troops

雇佣军

mercenary attitude

n.雇佣观念

mercenary marriage

着眼实利的婚姻, 买卖婚姻