late 14c., from Latin lucrum "gain, advantage, profit; wealth, riches," from PIE root *lau- "gain, profit" (cognates: Greek apo-lanein "to enjoy," Gothic launs, German lohn "wages, reward," and possibly Sanskrit lotam, lotram "booty"). Filthy lucre (Tit. i:11) is Tyndale's rendering of Greek aischron kerdos.
例文
1. the lure of filthy lucre
不義の財の誘惑
2.She married a foreigner for mere lucre .
彼女はお金のために外国人と結婚しただけだ.
3.Perhaps because Mumbai stands for lucre ,profane dreams and an indiscriminate openness.
ムンバイが富、世俗的な夢と対外的に平等である開放を主張しているからかもしれない。
4.I 'm going to write a book for the lucre of gain.
本を書いてお金を稼ぐつもりです。
5.You cannot bribe me ; I do not want you filthy lucre .