greediness

英 ['griːdɪnɪs] 美 ['griːdɪnɪs]

• n. 贪吃；嘴馋；贪欲

英英释义

Noun:

1. an excessive desire for food

2. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);

   "the greediness of lawyers"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He ate so much not for hunger but greediness.
   他完全是嘴馋才吃那么多，不可能是肚子饿。
2. The cheater always cheats people of their money by using their greediness.
   骗子往往利用人的贪欲骗取钱财。
3. I believe that punishing them by depriving them of sweet things only develops greediness.
   我想，罚孩子不吃甜馅饼，只能增强他们的贪欲。

经典引文

• A Greediness of Knowledge, that is impatient of being confin'd.

  出自： R. Boyle

近反义词

【近义词】

• thirst 渴望
• gluttony 暴饮暴食
• voracity 贪食
• insatiability 不知足
• greed 贪心
• hunger 饥饿
• self-indulgence 自我放纵
• appetite 食欲
• craving 渴望
• avarice 贪财
• acquisitiveness 可得到
• materialism 唯物主义
• passion 激情
• longing 渴望
• desire 渴望
• rapaciousness 强取
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