西瓜单词

greed是什么意思

greed

英 [griːd] 美 [ɡrid]

greed 贪婪

原义为饥饿，词源不详。可能来自PIE*gwere, 喉咙，吞没，词源同gorge, voracity.

greed (n.): "excessively eager desire to possess," c. 1600, a back-formation from greedy.

1. A lot of this has to do with power and greed.

凡此种种都和权力与贪欲有关。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The rawness of his greed was frank and uninhibited.: 他的贪婪是赤裸裸的，干脆直接，毫不掩饰。