Mercenary
2019-02-19 本文已影响0人
麒麟楚庄王
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"
