greed

英 [ɡriːd]

美 [ɡriːd]

n.  贪婪; 贪心; 贪欲; 贪食; 贪吃

复数：greeds　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8496 / COCA.6753

牛津词典

noun

• 贪婪；贪心；贪欲
  a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs
  1. His actions were motivated by greed.
     他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。
  2. Nothing would satisfy her greed for power.
     她对权力贪得无厌。
• 贪食；贪吃
  a strong desire for more food or drink when you are no longer hungry or thirsty
  1. I had another helping of ice cream out of pure greed.
     我纯粹是因为嘴馋贪吃，又吃了一份冰激凌。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 贪婪；贪心；贪欲
  Greedis the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair.
  1. ...an insatiable greed for personal power...
     对个人权力的贪得无厌
  2. I get fed up with other people's greed.
     我对别人的贪婪厌烦透了。

英英释义

noun

• reprehensible acquisitiveness
  Synonym:avaricecovetousnessrapacityavaritia
• excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

双语例句

• Greed, optimism and confidence will soon be replaced by guilt, fear and panic.
  贪婪，乐观和自信将会被内疚，害怕和恐慌取代。
• Altman asserted, 'We were making a political statement about western civilisation and greed.'
  奥尔特曼坚称，“我们那时正要发表一份关于西方文明和贪婪的政治宣言。”
• As long as the operative word is 'greed', you can't count on people keeping the costs down
  只要“贪婪”仍是一切的出发点，就别指望人们会降低成本。
• His greed knows no limits.
  他的贪心永无止境。
• He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.
  他受贪婪和懒惰的驱使步入了罪恶的一生。
• Her greed was beyond credibility.
  她的贪婪令人难以置信。
• Greed is one of the seven deadly sins.
  贪婪是七罪宗之一。
• I get fed up with other people's greed.
  我对别人的贪婪厌烦透了。
• She ridiculed his insatiable greed.
  她嘲笑他的贪得无厌。
• Greed for money blinded her to the danger.
  贪财使她看不见危险。