greedy
- 英式英标[\'gridi]
- 美式音标[\'griːdɪ]
英文词源
- greedy (adj.)
- Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (cognates: Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *græduz (cognates: Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (source of Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").
In Greek, the word was philargyros, literally "money-loving." A German word for it is habsüchtig, from haben "to have" + sucht "sickness, disease," with sense tending toward "passion for."
实用例句
- 1. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
- 人们认为伊迪丝是一个诡计多端的贪婪女人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings!
- 你这个馋嘴！你已经吃了两份了！
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The greedy boss stopped at nothing to gain profit.
- 贪婪的老板为了攫取利润无所不为.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The greedy child brought up all he had eaten.
- 这个贪吃的孩子把吃下去的东西全部吐了出来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. It was greedy of them to eat up all the candy.
- 他们把所有的糖都吃光了,真贪吃.
来自《简明英汉词典》