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词汇 fortune hunter
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Definition of fortune hunter in English:

fortune hunter

noun

  • A person who seeks to become rich through marrying someone wealthy.

    金钱婚姻追求者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Singapore, however, Emily realizes that she can't go away with her Englishman and Fred learns that his princess was merely a fortune-hunter.
    • As for his worries about your being a fortune-hunter when there is no fortune, chalk that up to an artificial barrier he has thrown up.
    • Instead, fearful of being branded a common fortune-hunter, she quickly told her prospective employer the truth instead.

Derivatives

  • fortune hunting

    • noun
    • Meanwhile, Tommy finally has his eyes opened both to Pat's fortune-hunting ways and Connie's down-home virtues.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Betrayed by her fortune-hunting suitor, artist Maeve Irvine vows never to wed and devotes herself to painting.
      • Montgomery Clift, as Catherine's fortune-hunting suitor, is wonderfully seductive and callow.
      • All the other Tichbornes regarded the newcomer as no more than a vulgar fortune-hunting fraud.
      • William Wyler made an excellent film version in 1949, with Olivia de Havilland winning an Oscar for her performance as the heiress who is gulled by a fortune-hunting suitor.

Definition of fortune hunter in US English:

fortune hunter

nounˈfɔrtʃən ˌhən(t)ərˈfôrCHən ˌhən(t)ər

  • A person who seeks to become rich through marrying someone wealthy.

    金钱婚姻追求者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Singapore, however, Emily realizes that she can't go away with her Englishman and Fred learns that his princess was merely a fortune-hunter.
    • As for his worries about your being a fortune-hunter when there is no fortune, chalk that up to an artificial barrier he has thrown up.
    • Instead, fearful of being branded a common fortune-hunter, she quickly told her prospective employer the truth instead.
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