音标:['gri:dinis] ;
n. 贪吃, 嘴馋, 贪欲
n. an excessive desire for food
n. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : greedinesses
词性分布:
名词100%

greediness的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He ate so much not for hunger but greediness.他完全是嘴馋才吃那么多,不可能是肚子饿。
  2. The cheater always cheats people of their money by using their greediness.骗子往往利用人的贪欲骗取钱财。
  3. I believe that punishing them by depriving them of sweet things only develops greediness.我想,罚孩子不吃甜馅饼,只能增强他们的贪欲。

经典引文

  • A Greediness of Knowledge, that is impatient of being confin'd.

    出自:R. Boyle
【近义词】

Long ago there lived a merchant Abdullah. He was very rich, but he was very greedy. One day he loaded his forty camels with costly spices to sell in a far away city in Arabia. He sold all the spices there. He halted in an inn to have lunch on the way

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