greed

[英] [ɡri:d] [美] [ɡrid] 生词本

n.

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1. N-UNCOUNT 贪婪;贪心;贪欲 Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair. 
  • ...an insatiable greed for personal power...

    对个人权力的贪得无厌

  • I get fed up with other people's greed.

    我对别人的贪婪厌烦透了。

Noun

1. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

1. Greed is a miser's preponderant characteristic.
贪婪是一个守财奴的主要特点。

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2. Greed was his only motive for stealing.
贪婪是他盗窃的唯一动机。

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3. He raised his head, with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.
他抬起头来,一对贪婪的眼光露出馋涎欲滴的神情。

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4. His greed for power knows no bounds.
他的权力欲是无止境的。

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5. His greed knows no limits.
他的贪心永无止境。

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6. His suicide is the latest chapter in this terrible saga of greed and betrayal.
他的自杀是这部充满贪婪与背叛的可怕长篇故事的最新一章。

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7. In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.
在一个贪婪的社会里,贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式。

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8. She ridiculed his insatiable greed.
她嘲笑他的贪得无厌。

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9. 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。

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10. The miser was an incarnation of greed.
那个守财奴是贪婪的化身。

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11. The word "food" may connote "greed".
“food”这个词可以含有“贪婪”的意思。

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12. 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。

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