the acquisitiveness of sb/sth
acquisitiveness 是不可数抽象名词，常用 of 短语引出占有欲的主体，多见于正式书面语。
The acquisitiveness of the new elite reshaped the city's property market.
新贵阶层的占有欲重塑了这座城市的房地产市场。
占有欲；贪得无厌；贪财
（骨相学中的）占有官能；获取欲；贪得无厌；获取欲；占有欲。；颅相学中认为产生获取和占有欲望的官能。
the strong desire to acquire or own things, especially possessions
贪得无厌；获取欲；占有欲。
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
颅相学中认为产生获取和占有欲望的官能。
The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
His acquisitiveness led him to buy things he didn't even need.
他的占有欲使他购买甚至不需要的东西。
用法提示：acquisitiveness 作为主语核心词，表示占有欲这种特质。
The company's culture of acquisitiveness often resulted in wasteful spending.
公司的占有欲文化常常导致浪费开支。
用法提示：acquisitiveness 作为名词，在介词短语中修饰文化。
I try to curb my acquisitiveness by only buying what I truly need.
我试图通过只买真正需要的东西来克制我的占有欲。
用法提示：acquisitiveness 作为宾语，表示需要克制的特性。
acquisitiveness 是不可数抽象名词，常用 of 短语引出占有欲的主体，多见于正式书面语。
The acquisitiveness of the new elite reshaped the city's property market.
新贵阶层的占有欲重塑了这座城市的房地产市场。
前面加物主代词或名词所有格，用来指某人的贪欲或获取欲。
His acquisitiveness worried even his own business partners.
他的贪得无厌连自己的商业伙伴都感到担忧。
本词通常不加冠词，但受到形容词修饰时可加不定冠词，表示某种特定的贪欲。
She pursued her career with an acquisitiveness that unsettled her colleagues.
她以一股令同事不安的占有欲来经营自己的事业。
grammar · medium
易错句子The acquisitiveness of him made him unpopular.
正确表达His acquisitiveness made him unpopular.
英语中表示某人品质的抽象名词通常用物主限定词 his/her 来标明所属，而不用“the ... of him”这种逐字直译结构；his 直接限定 acquisitiveness，句子才自然。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a very acquisitiveness businessman.
正确表达He is a very acquisitive businessman.
acquisitiveness 是名词，不能放在 businessman 前作定语；修饰名词 businessman 需要用形容词 acquisitive。
possessiveness 多指人际关系中想独占某人、容不得他人亲近的占有欲，常带嫉妒色彩；acquisitiveness 指对财物、资源的获取和占有欲望，偏正式，常用于心理学、经济或性格描述。
greed 是带强烈贬义的口语常用词，指对钱财、食物、权力等过度贪求；acquisitiveness 更中性、正式，侧重“获取欲”这一性格特质，不一定作道德谴责。
acquisition 指“获得”这一行为或购得的物品、公司，是可数或不可数名词；acquisitiveness 指“想获取和占有”的性格倾向，二者词根相同但词义和句法功能不同。
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