| 单词 | greed |
| 释义 | greed (once / 406 pages) n Greed is an overwhelming urge to have more of something, usually more than you really need. Watching kids at a birthday party furiously grabbing for candy from a piñata, you might find yourself surprised at their greed. Greed is often connected with money, a desire to acquire as much of it as possible, but it can refer to that kind of urge toward anything, like food or material possessions. When you see greed, it's an ugly thing, whether you're observing a greedy person or the greed of a huge company that treats its workers badly in order to make more money. Greed comes from the Old English grædig, or "voracious," which means "always hungry for more." WORD FAMILYgreed: greeds, greedy+/greediness: greedinesses/greedy: greedier, greediest, greedily, greediness, overgreedy USAGE EXAMPLESSo how did the Norman Rockwell fantasy align with unabashed greed and narcissism? Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Those villains remain racism, greed, lack of a decent education and misuse of political power. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Investigators are prone to boil credit card stealing operations and mass identity thefts to simple greed but often it’s more than that. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) 1n reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) Syn|Hyper avarice, avaritia, covetousness, rapacity deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace 2n excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves Hypo|Hyper avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity extreme greed for material wealth possessivenessexcessive desire to possess or dominate acquisitivenessstrong desire to acquire and possess bibliomaniapreoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books retentiveness, retentivitythe property of retaining possessions that have been acquired desire an inclination to want things |
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