greedy

英 ['gri?d?] 美['gridi]

反義詞

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比較級(jí):?greedier;最高級(jí):?greediest;副詞:?greedily;

greedy (adj.): Old English gr?dig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *gr?dagaz (cognates: Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graer "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *gr?duz (cognates: Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English gr?dum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (source of Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").

In Greek, the word was philargyros, literally "money-loving." A German word for it is habsüchtig, from haben "to have" + sucht "sickness, disease," with sense tending toward "passion for."

1. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.: 人們認(rèn)為伊迪絲是一個(gè)詭計(jì)多端的貪婪女人。

2. You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings!: 你這個(gè)饞嘴！你已經(jīng)吃了兩份了！

3. The greedy boss stopped at nothing to gain profit.: 貪婪的老板為了攫取利潤(rùn)無(wú)所不為.

4. The greedy child brought up all he had eaten.: 這個(gè)貪吃的孩子把吃下去的東西全部吐了出來(lái).

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