greed

名词 greed:

1. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
   同义词：avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia

1. Greed is a terrible vice.
   贪得无厌是可鄙的行为。
2. He was actuated solely by greed.
   他完全是受了贪欲的驱使。
3. Nothing could sate the careerist's greed for power.
   什么也满足不了这个野心家的权力欲。
4. Greed led to his downfall.
   他因贪得无厌而导致身败名裂。
5. He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.
   他受贪婪和懒惰的驱使步入了罪恶的一生。
6. His greed looked through his eyes.
   从他的眼中透出一种贪婪。
7. It's the tempter of greed that led him into crime.
   是贪婪这种诱惑物使他步入罪恶。

greed

n.（名词）
An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth:
贪心；贪婪：一种对获取或拥有超过自身所需或应得的，特别是物质财富的过分的欲望：
例句：
.Many . . . attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed.(Henry Fawcett)
.许多人把竞争同自私贪婪的耻辱联系在一起.(亨利·福西特)

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Back-formation from greedy
源自 greedy的逆构词