Adjective:
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
grew richer and greedier
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
often followed by `for' ardently or excessively desirous;avid for adventure
an avid ambition to succeed
fierce devouring affection
the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
greedy for fame
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume;don't be greedy with the cookies
用作形容词 adj.
～+介词be greedy for〔after, of〕渴望…be greedy of office贪图禄位
近义词 hungrydesirous反义词 generousunselfish
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.He is a greedy little boy.他是一个贪吃的小男孩。
用作表语
S+be+～You are so greedy.你真贪心。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseMany people are greedy of office.许多人都贪图禄位。
She was greedy for power.她很贪图权力。
The roots of the plant are greedy for water.植物的根需要水分。It is/was+～+of sb to- vIt was greedy of them to eat up all the candy.他们把所有的糖都吃光,真贪吃。
adj.形容词
greedy作“贪婪的”解时,后面常接介词for或of; 作“渴望的”解时后面常接介词for。
形容词98%,名词2%
用作形容词He is agreedycapitalist.他是一个贪婪的资本家。
He looked at the shop window withgreedyeyes.他用贪婪的眼光看着商店的橱窗。 The richer people are, the greedier they are for money.
人们越是富有越是贪图钱财。 ttts.tust.edu.cn
Labour may be getting a bit greedier than before, but it is still largely without teeth.
劳动力要素也许比以前变得稍微有些贪婪，但是却远没有狮子大开口。 ecocn