greed是什么意思,greed怎么读


greed基本信息

读法:英 [griːd] 美 [ɡrid]

释义:

  • n. 贪婪,贪心
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    英英释义

    Noun:

  • excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
  • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • 中英词源

    greed 贪婪

    原义为饥饿,词源不详。可能来自PIE*gwere, 喉咙,吞没,词源同gorge, voracity.

    greed (n.)
    "excessively eager desire to possess," c. 1600, a back-formation from greedy.

    词态变化

    权威造句

    1. A lot of this has to do with power and greed.
    凡此种种都和权力与贪欲有关。

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. The rawness of his greed was frank and uninhibited.
    他的贪婪是赤裸裸的,干脆直接,毫不掩饰。

    来自柯林斯例句

    3. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins .
    贪婪是七罪宗之一。

    来自《权威词典》

    4. His actions were motivated by greed.
    他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。

    来自《权威词典》

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

    来自《简明英汉词典》

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    近反义词

  • avarice 贪财
  • desire 渴望
  • lust 贪欲
  • rapacity 掠夺
  • hoggishness hoggish的名词形式...
  • cupidity 贪心
  • piggishness piggish的名词形式...
  • thirst 渴望
  • gluttony 暴饮暴食
  • voracity 贪食
  • greediness 贪吃
  • insatiability 不知足
  • hunger 饥饿
  • self-indulgence 自我放纵
  • appetite 食欲
  • craving 渴望
  • materialism 唯物主义
  • acquisitiveness 可得到
  • passion 激情
  • longing 渴望
  • covetousness 妄羡
  • avaritia 贪婪
  • 相似短语

  • the greed for 对......的贪婪
  • 单词分析

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    记忆方法

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