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词汇 faustian
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释义 Faustian
adjective
uk /ˈfaʊ.sti.ən/ us /ˈfaʊ.sti.ən/
(of an agreement or arrangement) giving advantages but also having disadvantages or a moral cost, because you are going against your moral values:
Faustian bargainSome at Berkeley wondered why the professors had entered into such a Faustian bargain with a big corporation.
Faustian pactWhen he agreed to sell the company it always looked as if he had made a Faustian pact that he would ultimately come to regret.
He realized the deal would have been Faustian, and that no big movie studio would risk taking on such a project without destroying the spirit of the book.
Now the unwelcome consequences of this Faustian bargain are sinking in.
What a Faustian alliance that man has with the media.
Is an artist making an exploitative Faustian pact when he portrays atrocities, however successfully he renders them?
She signed a Faustian contract - she gained fame and fortune but lost the right to a truly private life.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Morally wrong and evil
abhorrent
abhorrently
amoral
amorality
anomie
dissipated
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
enormity
nefariousness
no goodidiom
no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
non-ethical
obscene
trespass
turpitude
unconscionable
unconscionably
unethical
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