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单词 greedy
释义
greedy
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈɡriː.di/us
/ˈɡriː.di/
B2
wantinga lot morefood,money, etc. than you need:
贪吃的；贪财的；贪婪的
greedy,selfishpeople贪婪自私的人
He's greedyforpower/success.他贪恋权力／极度渴望成功。
Synonyms
acquisitive(WANTING THINGS)formaloftendisapproving
avariciousformaldisapproving
covetousformaldisapproving
envious
graspingdisapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
wanting more of something than you need
  • greedyI've never met anyone so greedy for power.
  • avariciousHe acquired his wealth by being an avaricious, unscrupulous businessman.
  • rapaciousHe's a rapacious lawyer who will stop at nothing to win a case.
  • acquisitiveShe was ruthlessly acquisitive and often bought expensive items just to keep others from owning them.
  • graspingShe's a selfish, grasping old woman.
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More examples
  • You greedypig! You're not having anotherchocolatebiscuit!
  • It would be greedy to have anothersliceofcake.
  • He wasportrayedas a greedy,graspingman.
  • Don't be greedy!
  • Is it just greedy towantmoremoney?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Greedy
  • avarice
  • avaricious
  • avariciously
  • consumerism
  • grabby
  • grasping
  • greed
  • greedily
  • greediness
  • materialism
  • materialist
  • materialistic
  • money grabber
  • money-grubber
  • rapaciousness
  • rapacity
  • ravenous
  • ravenously
  • someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
  • trougher
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Related words

greedily
greediness
(Definition ofgreedyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreedy

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Firstly, agreedyalgorithm is used to produce a listing of as many mingled marble selections as possible.
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Following these hints, this paper introduces primitives for choice andgreedyselection, and shows that classical greedy algorithms can be expressed using them.
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It is the fashion of ourgreedyincompetent rulers to say that ' democracy ' must fail.
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This observation leads to the class of dualgreedyalgorithms.
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Subsequently, comparisons are made with agreedymethod and a heuristic algorithm.
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There are no books ongreedyapproximation at present.
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The needs of nonlinear approximation, or, more specifically, the needs ofgreedyapproximation lead us to new concepts of bases: greedy bases and quasi-greedy bases.
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In this survey we discuss properties of specific methods of approximation that belong to a family ofgreedyapproximation methods (greedyalgorithms).
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In this section we discuss only the case relevant to the use of nonlinear approximation, in particular,greedyapproximation in such a construction.
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We actually prove limit theorems (central limit theorem and large deviation principle) on the number of phases of thisgreedyalgorithm.
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This is to be expected as he proves his lower bound via the analysis of agreedyalgorithm.
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This can easily be achieved by a simplegreedystrategy.
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Colour the remaining (greedily colourable) graph in (of course) agreedymanner.
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