汉语翻译
n. 贪欲, 贪婪
英语解释:
名词 greed:
- 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)
同义词:avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
例句:
- Greed is a terrible vice.
贪得无厌是可鄙的行为。
- He was actuated solely by greed.
他完全是受了贪欲的驱使。
- Nothing could sate the careerist's greed for power.
什么也满足不了这个野心家的权力欲。
- Greed led to his downfall.
他因贪得无厌而导致身败名裂。
- He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.
他受贪婪和懒惰的驱使步入了罪恶的一生。
- His greed looked through his eyes.
从他的眼中透出一种贪婪。
- It's the tempter of greed that led him into crime.
是贪婪这种诱惑物使他步入罪恶。
详细解释:
greed
n.(名词)An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth:贪心;贪婪:一种对获取或拥有超过自身所需或应得的,特别是物质财富的过分的欲望:例句:.Many . . . attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed.(
Henry Fawcett).许多人把竞争同自私贪婪的耻辱联系在一起.(
亨利·福西特)
来源:Back-formation from
greedy 源自
greedy的逆构词