利令智昏 meaning in English
bend one's principles to one's interest; avarice blinds the eye of judgment.; be blinded by inordinate ambition; be blinded by self-interest; be blinded by the love of gain; be dizzied by the lust for gain; be obsessed with one's desire for material gains; be purblind owing to one's lust for profits; be thrown off one's balance by the sight of money; blind oneself with inordinate ambition; desire for money blinds one's mind.; gain blinds one's better judgment.; money tends to make someone do foolish things.; one is so obsessed with the idea of profit-making that one loses all sense of reality.; profit makes wisdom blind.; self-interest befuddles one's mind.; self-interest blinds the eyes.; when greed enters the door, reason flies out of the window
Examples
- One might think that the internet would step in to fill this lust for communication
有人可能会认为互联网将一步来填补这个利令智昏的沟通。