One revelation after another showed officers, high and low, possessed with the spirit of peculation.

一个又一个爆料表明，官员无论高低，都有贪财心理。

Claimants are anxious not to appear money-grubbing, but lawyers have a single-minded focus on trying to achieve the maximum payout for their client.

索赔人渴望不表现出贪财样子，但律师一心一意地致力于为客户争取最大赔偿。

A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.

无知君多行暴虐，以贪财为可，年长日久。

Thank God, he thought Rhett to blame for her penny-pinching ways. Of course, Rhett had nothing to do with it and the guilt was hers but, after all, another black mark on Rhett could do him no harm.

又产生了喜悦心情，幸好认为都是瑞德不好，她才这样贪财，其实这事和瑞德丝毫没关系，本来就是她自己不好，不过在瑞德身上再添一个污点，对也没什么坏处。

" What did you say" ? she asked, her fingers playing nervously with a brooch on her breast. In that moment Tuppence knew that the fish was hooked, and for the first time she felt a horror of her own money-loving spirit.

“你说什么”？她问道，手指紧张地抚弄着胸前胸针。在那一刻，塔彭丝知道鱼上钩了，她第一次对自己贪财精神感到恐惧。