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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8585 COCA: 8908

greedy

Word family 
greed·y /ˈɡriːdi/ ●●○ adjectiveadj (comparativecomp greedier, superlativesupl greediest)  
1  GREEDYalways wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need 贪婪的，贪心的；贪吃的，贪喝的
 a greedy and selfish society
一个贪婪自私的社会
 He looked at the gold with greedy eyes.
他贪婪地看着这些金子。
 Have you eaten them all, you greedy pig?
你把那些全吃了？你这贪吃的猪！
greedy for
 They are greedy for profits.
他们利欲熏心。
2  greedy guts British EnglishBrE spoken someone who is greedy 贪婪的人
 Hey, greedy guts, leave some cake for me!
嗨，你这贪嘴的家伙，给我留点蛋糕！
—greedily adverbadv
 He grabbed the bottle and drank greedily.
他抓起瓶子，贪婪地喝了起来。
—greediness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
greedy• He seemed to think that the others were too rowdy, too greedy.• She would have liked to stay longer, but realised that would have been greedy.• He was an ambitious man, selfish and greedy.• Guy was greedy, amoral, obsessed with power and self-gratification.• Some landlords have become greedy and are demanding higher rents than people can afford.• One of the cats gets greedy and eats the other one's food.• Greedy children often tend to put on too much weight.• The greedy children were at constant odds with one another over control of the kingdom.• Four greedy eyes gobbled at her.• Take your greedy fingers off that pie - you've had more than enough already.• There were ten of us children in the family, and we were all greedy for attention.• Not because they made bad or greedy investments, and lost all their money in shaky stock deals.• The fee limit is there to protect veterans from greedy lawyers.• the ridiculously high fees charged by greedy lawyers• Don't be so greedy! Leave some cake for everyone else.• At a deeper level, they rowed about greed - guilt about greed and protection from supposedly greedy women.
Origin greedy
Old English grædig
greed·y adjectiveadj
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8585 COCA: 8908
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8585 COCA: 8908
greedy

adjective

greedy ♦︎ insatiable ♦︎ materialistic ♦︎ voracious ♦︎ mercenary ♦︎ acquisitive ♦︎ graspingThese words all describe people who want more money, power, food or possessions than they need. 这些词均表示贪婪的、贪吃的、渴望的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an insatiable / a voracious appetite◆a materialistic / mercenary attitude◆a materialistic / an acquisitive society■ greedy (disapproving) wanting more money, power, possessions or food than you really need 贪婪的；贪吃的；渴望的◆The shareholders are greedy for profit.股东都利欲熏心。◆You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings!你这个贪吃鬼！你已经吃了两份了！▸ greed

noun

 [uncountable] ◆Nothing would satisfy her greed for power.她对权力贪得无厌。▸ greedily

adverb

◆He ate noisily and greedily.他吧嗒着嘴狼吞虎咽地吃。■ insatiable ɪnˈseɪʃəbl (rather formal) always wanting more of sth; not able to be satisfied 不知足的；无法满足的◆The public seems to have an insatiable appetite for celebrity news.公众对名人新闻的渴求似乎永无餍足。◆There seems to be an insatiable demand for more powerful computers.人们对计算机性能的要求似乎永无止境。ⓘ Insatiable is typically used to talk about sb's appetite, curiosity, demand, desire or hunger. You can also talk about a person being insatiable, although this is not very common. * insatiable常形容人的appetite、curiosity、demand、desire或hunger。形容人时还可用be insatiable，但这一用法并不常见。■ materialistic məˌtɪəriəˈlɪstɪk; NAmE məˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk (disapproving) caring more about money and possessions than anything else 物质享乐主义的；贪图享乐的◆Children today are so materialistic.如今的孩子太贪图享乐了。ⓘ People often talk about materialistic attitudes/views, as well as about society, culture and the world being materialistic. * materialistic常形容attitude和view，还可与society、culture和the world搭配。▸ materialism

noun

 [uncountable] ◆He had had enough of the greed and materialism of modern society.他受够了贪婪、物欲横流的现代社会。■ voracious vəˈreɪʃəs (rather formal) eating or wanting large amounts of food 饭量大的；贪吃；狼吞虎咽的◆A dragonfly and its larva are both voracious eaters of their fellow creatures.蜻蜓及其幼虫都贪吃同类。■ mercenary ˈmɜːsənəri; NAmE ˈmɜːrsəneri (disapproving) only interested in making or getting money 唯利是图的；金钱至上的◆She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.她对他感兴趣纯粹是为了贪图金钱。ⓘ Someone who is mercenary does not usually care about hurting other people's feelings in order to get more money. * mercenary形容人为了获得更多金钱通常不惜伤害他人感情。■ acquisitive əˈkwɪzətɪv (formal, often disapproving) wanting very much to buy or get new possessions 渴求获取财物的；贪婪的◆We examine the role of the consumer in the post-war acquisitive society.我们研究了贪婪的战后社会中消费者的角色。◆It is an acquisitive company looking for ways to expand.那是一家充满野心寻求扩张的公司。■ grasping (disapproving) always trying to get money, possessions or power for yourself 一味攫取的；贪婪的；贪心的◆The owners were regarded as grasping landlords.业主被认为是贪婪的地主。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8585 COCA: 8908
greedy
Words used to describe someone's appetite: faddy, full, gluttonous...
Selfish, greedy and not generous: selfish, greedy, cynical...

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