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greedy

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adj.贪吃的,贪婪的,渴望的

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greedy为高中词汇

词形变化:

名词:greediness 副词:greedily 形容词比较级:greedier 最高级:greediest

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adj (-ier, -iest) ~ (for sth) filled with greed or desire 贪吃的; 贪心的; 贪婪的; 渴望的; 热望的
*a greedy little boy 贪吃的小男孩
* not hungry, just greedy 饿倒是不饿, 只是贪吃罢了
* looking at the cakes with greedy eyes 眼巴巴地看着蛋糕
* greedy for power 贪图权力的
* greedy for information 渴求信息的.

greedy


adj comparativegreediersuperlativegreediest
[Language: Old English;Origin: grAdig]
always wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need
 a greedy and selfish society
 He looked at the gold with greedy eyes.
 Have you eaten them all, you greedy pig?
greedy for
 They are greedy for profits.
>greedilyadv
 He grabbed the bottle and drank greedily.
>greedinessn[U]
1. He was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything else in the world.
    他是个贪婪的人,喜欢金子胜过世界上任何东西。

2. My greedy brother has eaten all the sweets.
    我那贪嘴的弟弟把糖块都吃了。

3. Children may, to some degree, become greedy, selfish, ungrateful and insensitive to the needs and feelings of others, beginning with their parents.
    在一定程度上,孩子可能变得贪婪、自私、忘恩负义,对他人的需要和感觉变得麻木不仁,而且首先从对自己父母的态度开始。

4. Our leaders had failed to see that the emphasis on symbol manipulation at IIT left little room for social thought and much scope for the greedy outcomes of capital-driven business.
    我们的领导人没有看到,当印度技术学院在重视计算机编程的时候,几乎没有留下任何空间让学生们去关心社会, 却给受资本驱使的企业的贪欲留下了极大的空间。

5. I didn´t want to be as greedy as you.
    我不想象你一样贪婪.

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