也许你会感到好奇,为何Mercenary既可以表示外国雇佣兵也可以表示唯利是图的人,这种语义是如何过渡的?
试想,雇佣兵受雇参与战争,战争本身的伦理性如何?
a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
a person primarily concerned with material reward at the expense of ethics.
例句:"the sport's most infamous mercenary"
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