ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]渴望得到的;迫切求取的;贪婪的 If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions. 渴望得到的;迫切求取的;贪婪的 [disapproval]
We live in an acquisitive society.
我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。
The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.