greedy
英 ['griːdɪ]
美 ['gridi]
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
- 人們認為伊迪絲是一個詭計多端的貪婪女人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings!
- 你這個饞嘴！你已經吃了兩份了！
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The greedy boss stopped at nothing to gain profit.
- 貪婪的老板為了攫取利潤無所不為.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The greedy child brought up all he had eaten.
- 這個貪吃的孩子把吃下去的東西全部吐了出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. It was greedy of them to eat up all the candy.
- 他們把所有的糖都吃光了,真貪吃.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》