greed
常考释义
1.贪婪;贪心;贪欲a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs
His actions were motivated by greed.他的所作所为是受贪婪之心所驱使。
Nothing would satisfy her greed for power.她对权力贪得无厌。
2.贪食;贪吃a strong desire for more food or drink when you are no longer hungry or thirsty
I had another helping of ice cream out of pure greed.我纯粹是因为嘴馋贪吃,又吃了一份冰淇淋。
I'm not saying greed is good; I'm just saying astrological opportunities like this don't come along all that often.
我不是鼓励贪婪,我只是想说这种星象出现的机会真的不多。
Those corrupt officials went from the desire to gain petty advantages to what can only be described as greed.
那些贪官污吏起初只是想占点小便宜,而后来则变得只能说是贪得无厌。
General opinion start to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed. But I don't see that, seems to me that love is everywhere.
很多人都相信我们生活在一个充满仇恨和贪婪的世界,但是我并不这麽认为,在我看来,爱无处不在。
Capitalism needs to be modernised to serve the long-term interests of society rather than the short-term greed of a privileged few.
资本主义亟需现代化,为社会的长期利益作出贡献,而不是成为少数特权阶级的贪欲满足之手段。
David Cameron agreed that corporate greed should be curbed, and said the archbishop spoke "for the whole country" in saying so.
戴维-卡梅伦同意要抑制金融企业的贪心,并且说了大主教讲过的“为了整个国家”这样的话。
Pure greed, Lei had said, shaking his head mockingly when she had told him that this was what she had dreamed of for their marriage.
当她告诉雷,这就是她对婚姻的理想时,雷摇着头嘲笑她说,“索要无度。”
There was undisguised greed in his thin face as he watched the younger of the two girls swinging higher and higher than her sister.
注视着较小的那个女孩在秋千上比那个大的越荡越高,他瘦瘦的脸上露出了不加掩饰的渴慕。
If Greece were to restructure its debt, it would not take long for greed to trump fear and for capital to start flowing again.
假如希腊真的重组了它的债务,那要不了多长时间,贪婪的本性就又会战胜恐慌,资本会再次顺畅地流动起来。
Sometimes one's greed shows up in the name of love. Such love can do nothing but lead one to a dead end.
有时人的贪欲以爱的名义呈现,那样的爱只会将人引入死胡同。
For most observers, the WinTV deal was just another case of the Premiership shooting itself in the foot with its own greed.
大多数分析家们都认为,这次的交易就是英超联盟因为贪心而自毁长城的又一例子。
Any of the hearts of the devil of greed erode a little bit of their innocence, until it completely their own into the devil.
任着心中贪婪的魔鬼一点点的蚕食着自己的纯真,直到把自己也彻底的变成魔鬼。
Greed and fear no longer seem to be playing such a violent game of tug-of-war with markets.
婪和恐惧似乎不再参与和市场进行拔河比赛这样的激烈竞逐。
The verdict on Mr Fuld, that he was driven not by greed but by "an overpowering desire to preserve the firm he loved" , seems too gentle.
在写到富尔德的判决时,说富尔德犯罪不是因为贪婪,而是因为“保护自己所钟爱的公司的强烈的愿望”,这似乎过于温和了。
Sets out for Rome, the center of power, greed and corruption, and strike the enemy where it hurts most.
规定了罗马,该中心的权力,贪婪和腐败,打击敌人的要害最多。
And sexual immorality, impurity, and greed have no place in a Christian's exercise routine.
而荒淫、不洁和贪婪的行为,更不应出现在基督徒的日常生活中。
I never cease to be amazed how her coalition managed to frame this complex financial crisis purely in terms of Anglo-Saxon greed.
她的联合政府如何能够做到将这场复杂金融危机完全归咎于盎格鲁-撒克逊人的贪婪,这一点总是令我惊叹不已。
John McCain and Barack Obama talk as if it was all down to the greed of modern bankers.
约翰?麦凯恩和巴拉克?奥巴马则将一切都归咎于现代银行家的贪婪。
PERSONAL greed is often the explanation given for the disastrous forays of the world's banks into America's subprime mortgages.
对世界各大银行灾难性卷入美国次贷危机的事实经常的解释是个人的贪婪。
Gordon Gekko, who famously said "greed is good, " is just getting out of jail with a gigantic cell phone and no one to meet him.
十三年来世界已经变了。上一集《华尔街》里大喊“贪婪是美德”(greedisgood)这句名言的戈登盖柯出狱了,他手上拿著笨重手机,没人理会。
The woeful state of the economy, he said, is "a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some" .
他说,美国糟糕的经济形势是“由于某些人的贪婪和不负责任而导致的”。
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