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 lured him on.
  他受了贪心的诱惑。
• His greed for power knows no bounds.
  他的权力欲是无止境的。
• His greed knows no limits.
  他的贪心永无止境。
• He railed against hypocrisy and greed
  他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
• Greed for money blinded her to the danger.
  贪财使她看不见危险。
• What drives the market is the balance between fear and greed.
  驱动市场的，是恐惧和贪婪之间的平衡。
• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.
  贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• 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。
• It shows greed and selfish of a capitalist and embodies the good side of human beings.
  它显示了贪婪和自私的资本主义，体现了人类的美好的一面。
• If so, you have only the violence, the envy, the anger, the greed.
  如果是的话，你就只有暴力，嫉妒，愤怒和贪婪。