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

• His greed for power knows no bounds.
  他的权力欲是无止境的。
• Greed is one of the seven deadly sins.
  贪婪是七罪宗之一。
• Her greed was beyond credibility.
  她的贪婪令人难以置信。
• His greed knows no limits.
  他的贪心永无止境。
• She ridiculed his insatiable greed.
  她嘲笑他的贪得无厌。
• 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。
• These are desire, anger, delusion, greed, envy and sloth.
  这是欲望，愤怒，妄想，贪婪，嫉妒和懒惰。
• 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。
• Those embezzlers and grafters who are reckless with greed must be dealt with seriously in accordance with the policy.
  对那些利欲熏心的贪污盗窃分子，一定要按照政策严肃处理。
• Inequality has stimulated envy, ambition and greed.
  不平等已激起了嫉妒、野心和贪婪。