greed

英 [ɡriːd] 美 [ɡriːd]

• n. 贪心；贪婪；贪吃

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]贪心，贪婪

   strong desire to obtain a lot or more than what is fair, especially of food,money,or power

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 贪婪，贪心，贪欲，贪得无厌
2. 贪食，贪吃
3. 奢望

v. 动词

1. 渴望

英英释义

Noun:

1. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The wretched man is the prisoner of his own greed.
   这个坏家伙完全被贪心所支配.
2. It's the tempter of greed that led him into crime.
   正是贪婪这种诱惑使他步入罪恶。
3. A mister is characterized by greed.
   守财奴的特点是贪婪。
4. I had another helping of ice cream out of pure greed.
   我纯粹是因为嘴馋贪吃，又吃了一份冰淇淋。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She ridiculed his insatiable greed.
   她嘲笑他的贪得无厌。
2. Her greed was beyond credibility.
   她的贪婪令人难以置信。

经典引文

• He saw the naked greed and possessive desire come into her eyes.

  出自： P. Gallico

近反义词

【近义词】

• avarice 贪财
• desire 渴望
• lust 贪欲
• rapacity 掠夺
• hoggishness hoggish的名词形式...
• cupidity 贪心
• piggishness piggish的名词形式...
• thirst 渴望
• gluttony 暴饮暴食
• voracity 贪食
• greediness 贪吃
• insatiability 不知足
• hunger 饥饿
• self-indulgence 自我放纵
• appetite 食欲
• craving 渴望
• materialism 唯物主义
• acquisitiveness 可得到
• passion 激情
• longing 渴望
• covetousness 妄羡
• avaritia 贪婪