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单词 greed
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greed
noun[U]
uk
/ɡriːd/us
/ɡriːd/
C1
a verystrongwishtocontinuouslyget more of something,especiallyfoodormoney:
（尤指对食物或钱财的）贪婪，贪心，贪欲
I don'tknowwhy I'meatingmore - it's nothunger, it's just greed!我不知道自己为什么还想吃——不是因为觉得饿，只是贪嘴！
He wasunsympatheticwith manyhousesellers,complainingthat they weremotivatedby greed.他对很多卖房者表示反感，抱怨说他们是受贪念驱使。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Greedy
  • avarice
  • avaricious
  • avariciously
  • consumerism
  • grabby
  • grasping
  • greedily
  • greediness
  • greedy
  • materialism
  • materialist
  • materialistic
  • money grabber
  • money-grubber
  • rapaciousness
  • rapacity
  • ravenous
  • ravenously
  • someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
  • trougher
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(Definition ofgreedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

greed| American Dictionary

greed
noun[U]
us
/ɡrid/
astrongdesiretocontinuallyget more of something,esp.money:
He wasmotivatedbypuregreed.

greedy

adjectiveus
/ˈɡrid·i/
He was greedy forpower.
(Definition ofgreedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreed

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Together they formed the impetus forgreedand corruption, not democratic cohesion.
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For such a thought, like prayer, is easily contaminated bygreed, obsessions, fears and self-destructive impulses.
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First, ifgreedfor office motivated the choice of a nominating strategy, then overnomination should have been general among the parties.
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Fear,greed, ambition or ignorance prevented other observers at court from making such a record.
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And then there isgreed, which can be camouflaged under reasons that seem to be acceptable justifications.
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Against a background of corporategreedand malfeasance, a renewed focus on transparency and accountability is or seems to be permeating the business world.
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Revivalists thought the church bureaucracy was simply an excuse for elders'greed.
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The cunning speculator who places bets on the victims'greedor gullibility has consequently received more attention than perhaps more exculpable, less glamorous, moral vacillators.
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There wasn't much hubris and fear andgreedin his theories.
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And it hasn't just been domination andgreedall the way.
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The primary focus on profit maximization, however, overlooks many nonprofit objectives involved in resource allocation and social preferences beyondgreed.
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The offer of a bounty preying on humangreedbrings in its wake its own dangers.
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In their selfabsorption they have convinced themselves that 'greedis acceptable if it includes a cognate self-actualizing component ' (p. 24).
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Despite her warnings he destroyed out ofgreeda tube that was dripping oil.
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However, that will not happen, because the country is driven by capitalistgreed, which in turn billows out war and violence.
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