greediness

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美

n.  渴望; 贪吃，贪欲；嘴馋

COCA.43108

英英释义

noun

• an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
  1. the greediness of lawyers
  Synonym:voraciousnessrapaciousness
• an excessive desire for food
  Synonym:hoggishnesspiggishness

双语例句

• The notion of realizing self-value through the plundering of natural resources and the greediness of human beings displayed in this play are severely animadverted on by O 'Neill.
  奥尼尔在这部剧本中批判了人类的贪欲以及人类通过对自然资源的掠夺来实现自我价值的理念。
• The tremendous contrast presented by the drawing alarmingly reminds us of the detrimental deterioration of oceanic ecosystem by the greediness of mankind.
  该图所显示出来的巨大反差使我们警醒地意识到人们的贪婪给海洋生态系统造成了巨大的破坏。
• Let people always act without human stategy or greediness.
  使民众去除追求个体贪欲的智能机巧。
• "I don't want this to end," you say quietly, full of a greediness that you didn't know you possessed, and though you're not sure quite what this you mean, you know what you've said is true.
  “我不想它结束，”你安静的说，被你过去并不清楚自己具有的贪婪填满，而且尽管你并不完全确定你所指的它是什么，但你知道你所说是真实的。
• The second type of people show the greatest evils. Some are so full of greediness that they can do anything for material gains.
  第二类人物象征着人类恶的极致，他们有的充满贪欲，所做的一切事都为物质的利益；有的则是邪恶的代表，所做的事情达到了邪恶的顶峰。
• Corruption becomes serious in social transformation period of China mainly because: value of power is tangled up with human greediness;
  腐败现象之所以在中国社会转型时期呈凸显状态，其原因主要有：权力的价值性与人的贪欲性的扭结；
• It can be said that greediness is the root of all evil.
  可以说贪心是一切罪恶的根源。
• Shrink greediness to zero; broaden the scope of mind as vast as the universe.
  贪欲缩小到零点，爱心扩大遍虚空。
• He blamed her for her greediness.
  他责骂她的贪婪。
• When fostering good personality, leaders need a kind of driving force and this should be got from three aspects, that is, the enthusiasm for the country and the people, the pursuance of truth and justice and the cleanse of selfishness and greediness.
  领导者在培养自己的美好人格时，需要一种内驱力，这种内驱力应从三方面而来，即对祖国和人民的热爱，对真理和正义的追求，对私心和利欲的荡涤。