mercenary

1. N-COUNT A mercenary is a soldier who is paid to fight by a country or group that they do not belong to. 雇傭兵

...the recruitment of foreign mercenaries. …對(duì)外籍雇傭兵的招募。

2. ADJ If you describe someone as mercenary, you are criticizing them because you think that they are only interested in the money that they can get from a particular person or situation. 惟利是圖的[表不滿]

"I hate to sound mercenary," Labane said, "but am I getting paid to be in this play of yours?"

“我不願(yuàn)讓自己聽(tīng)起來(lái)惟利是圖，”拉班說(shuō)：“但是蓡與你這出戯縯出我會(huì)得到報(bào)酧嗎？”