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。
• Greed is a bottomless hole which can never be filled.
  这人一贪起来，便是个无底洞。
• She ridiculed his insatiable greed.
  她嘲笑他的贪得无厌。
• 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。”
• There is evidence that the industry's greed means that it is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
  有证据表明该产业的贪婪是在作茧自缚。
• These are desire, anger, delusion, greed, envy and sloth.
  这是欲望，愤怒，妄想，贪婪，嫉妒和懒惰。
• Greed and fear have shaped the design of the modern Anglo American company.
  贪婪和恐惧左右了现代英美企业的设计。
• A lot of this has to do with power and greed.
  凡此种种都和权力与贪欲有关。
• Her greed was beyond credibility.
  她的贪婪令人难以置信。
• For petty jealousy and greed.
  为了卑鄙的嫉妒和贪婪。