英语词汇“greed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

greed

(griːd )

uncountable noun

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. [+ for]

I get fed up with other people's greed.

Synonyms: avarice, longing, desire, hunger

Image of greed

Quotations:

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greedFrank BuchmanRemaking the World

The more you get, the more you want

The pitcher will go to the well once too often

Collocations:

excessive greed

At first, this tasty precipitation goes down well, but excessive greed leads to a perfect storm of edible weather.

Times, Sunday Times

Excessive greed causes people to switch off their risk functions.

Times, Sunday Times

He's even written a play to warn students against excessive greed.

Times, Sunday Times

human greed

I know that spammers try to extract money from people by appealing to human greed.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

It cannot be wise leadership to fail to anticipate human greed and its effects when left to its own devices.

Times, Sunday Times

How are you going to contain human greed and avarice?

Christianity Today

They are subject to human whims, human greed, human need, human fashion.

Times, Sunday Times

Will human greed ever make this possible?

Times, Sunday Times

insatiable greed

If we had prudent accounting and monitoring systems, the billions propping up the insatiable greed of our public servants would still be in our coffers.

It's high time someone tried to restore some financial sanity to the game rather than bowing to the insatiable greed of players and their agents.

The Sun

The 'trouble in the trade', as he sees it, comes less from the digital world than from an unhealthy combination of short-term perspectives and insatiable greed.

The Times Literary Supplement

The insatiable greed of these people!

Times, Sunday Times

But behind the façade this amoral corporation and its insatiable greed are doing untold harm to democracy.

The Sun

pure greed

Is it stupidity or pure greed?

The Sun (2013)

A surprising number act out of pure greed, for the financial rewards can be huge.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

The crimes are different, but the police soon realise the motives were the same - pure greed.

The Sun (2014)

sheer greed

An investigator said: 'The sheer greed shocked us'.

The Sun (2009)

The motive for this killing was sheer greed.

The Sun (2010)

Now obviously such behaviour can partly be explained by sheer greed.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

Translations:

Chinese: 贪婪

Japanese: 欲

单词	greed
释义	greed (griːd ) uncountable noun 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. [+ for] I get fed up with other people's greed. Synonyms: avarice, longing, desire, hunger Image of greed © Jakub Krechowicz, Shutterstock Quotations: There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greedFrank BuchmanRemaking the World The more you get, the more you want The pitcher will go to the well once too often Collocations: excessive greed At first, this tasty precipitation goes down well, but excessive greed leads to a perfect storm of edible weather. Times, Sunday Times Excessive greed causes people to switch off their risk functions. Times, Sunday Times He's even written a play to warn students against excessive greed. Times, Sunday Times human greed I know that spammers try to extract money from people by appealing to human greed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It cannot be wise leadership to fail to anticipate human greed and its effects when left to its own devices. Times, Sunday Times How are you going to contain human greed and avarice? Christianity Today They are subject to human whims, human greed, human need, human fashion. Times, Sunday Times Will human greed ever make this possible? Times, Sunday Times insatiable greed If we had prudent accounting and monitoring systems, the billions propping up the insatiable greed of our public servants would still be in our coffers. ST It's high time someone tried to restore some financial sanity to the game rather than bowing to the insatiable greed of players and their agents. The Sun The 'trouble in the trade', as he sees it, comes less from the digital world than from an unhealthy combination of short-term perspectives and insatiable greed. The Times Literary Supplement The insatiable greed of these people! Times, Sunday Times But behind the façade this amoral corporation and its insatiable greed are doing untold harm to democracy. The Sun pure greed Is it stupidity or pure greed? The Sun (2013) A surprising number act out of pure greed, for the financial rewards can be huge. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The crimes are different, but the police soon realise the motives were the same - pure greed. The Sun (2014) sheer greed An investigator said: 'The sheer greed shocked us'. The Sun (2009) The motive for this killing was sheer greed. The Sun (2010) Now obviously such behaviour can partly be explained by sheer greed. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Translations: Chinese: 贪婪 Japanese: 欲
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