greediness

英['griːdɪnɪs] 美['griːdɪnɪs]
  • n. 贪吃;嘴馋;贪欲
  • greasewood n.黎科灌木之一种
  • greasily adv.多脂;油腻腻;滑溜溜地
  • greasiness n.多脂;油腻;阿谀奉承
  • greasy adj.油腻的;滑溜溜的;油滑的
  • great adj.很好的;美好的;伟大的;重要的;大量的adv.(口语)好极了
Noun:
  1. an excessive desire for food

  2. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);

    "the greediness of lawyers"

1. There was always an undercurrent of greediness, a hankering, and sense of waste.
总是存在着一种贪得无厌的暗流, 一种非分之想, 一种蹉跎的感觉.

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2. A few words successfully bring out the greediness of the usurer.
寥寥数笔,就把这高利贷者贪婪的嘴脸勾画出来了.

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3. His greediness for material comforts will one day bring him to justice.
他如此贪贿无厌,终会受到法律制裁的.

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4. The cheater always cheats people of their money by using their greediness.
骗子往往利用人的贪欲骗取钱财.

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5. Greediness is one of the common characteristics of compulsive gamblers.
贪婪是嗜赌成癖的赌棍们的普遍特性之一.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He ate so much not for hunger but greediness.
      他完全是嘴馋才吃那么多,不可能是肚子饿。
    2. The cheater always cheats people of their money by using their greediness.
      骗子往往利用人的贪欲骗取钱财。
    3. I believe that punishing them by depriving them of sweet things only develops greediness.
      我想,罚孩子不吃甜馅饼,只能增强他们的贪欲。

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