Greedy
['griːdɪ] or ['gridi]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; 'don't be greedy with the cookies' .
編輯:马里奥--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
(superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate, very hungry.[2]. Eager, very desirous.
布雷特整理
解釋/意思:
adj. having a voracious appetite: covetous: eagerly desirous.—n. Greed an eager desire or longing: covetousness.—adv. Greed′ily.—n. Greed′iness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Instead of telling business men not to be greedy, we should tell them to be industrial statesmen, applied scientists, and members of a craft. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I don't want it to do me more good than it does now, said my convict, with a greedy laugh. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Let me be in the first place, mother--I am greedy of that. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Sicily was handed over to the greedy enterprise of tax-farmers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mr. Smallweed looks, with greedy eyes, at the little bundle Mr. Bucket produces from a mysterious part of his coat, and identifies it as the same. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He was a phenomenon to her, not a human being: a sort of creature, greedy. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Don't go and have all the crying to yourself,' expostulated Maggy, 'that an't not being greedy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- You pretty dears, says Mr. Bucket, give us another kiss; it's the only thing I'm greedy in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Ah, her hands were eager, greedy for knowledge. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Mr. Smallweed nods and appears greedy to be sworn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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