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greed

[gri:d]

n.貪心, 貪婪, 貪吃

例句與用法：

Greed is a terrible vice.

貪得無厭是可鄙的行為。

He was actuated solely by greed.

他完全是受了貪慾的驅使。

Nothing could sate the careerist's greed for power.

什麼也滿足不了這個野心家的權力慾。

Greed led to his downfall.

他因貪得無厭而導致身敗名裂。

He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.

他受貪婪和懶惰的驅使步入了罪惡的一生。

His greed looked through his eyes.

從他的眼中透出一種貪婪。

It's the tempter of greed that led him into crime.

正是貪婪這種誘惑使他步入罪惡。

英文解釋:

名詞 greed:

excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

同義詞：avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia

以上來源於大辭典