"personification of wealth," mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona, from Greek mamonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain;" left untranslated in Greek New Testament (e.g. Matt. vi:24, Luke xvi:9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon.
实用例句
1. It taught only materialism, the gospel of mammon.
它只是宣扬金钱至上的物欲主义。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It is not every day that one meets a business-person who is not obsessed with Mammon.
不贪财的生意人可遇不可求。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It was possible to serve God and Mammon at the same time.
敬上帝与拜财神可以并行不悖.
来自辞典例句
4. I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
我得尽量谦卑一些,好博得这位老谋深算的恶神的好感.
来自辞典例句
5. He believes that our society teaches young people to worship Mammon.