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wanting more money, power, food, etc. than you really need 贪婪的；贪心的；贪吃的 You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings! 你这个馋嘴！你已经吃了两份了！ He stared at the diamonds with greedy eyes. 他眼巴巴地盯着这些钻石。 - greedy for something
The shareholders are greedy for profit. 股东们都利欲熏心。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGreedy is used with these nouns:- eye
- lawyer
- pig
- …
Word OriginOld English grǣdig, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
greedy guts
- (British English, informal)
used to refer to somebody who eats too much 贪吃的家伙 Make sure greedy guts doesn’t eat all the cake. 确保贪婪的肠子不会把蛋糕都吃光。