专业释义英英释义
greed [ ɡri:d ]
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n.
- 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)
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
greed /ɡriːd/ CET6+ TEM4
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N-UNCOUNT Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair. 贪婪
例：...an insatiable greed for personal power.
…对个人权力的贪得无厌。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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His eyes glittered with greed.
他眼睛里闪现出贪婪的神色。
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贪婪是一种恶习。
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His actions were motivated by greed.
他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。
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The corrupt clergy of today, under the malign influence of the horrible Archbishop Laud, are interested only in satisfying their own greed.
如今腐败的牧师们，在可憎的大主教劳德的恶意中伤下，只关心满足他们自己贪婪的口腹之欲。
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