greed學測 L5KK [ˈgrid] ｜ /ˈgrid/
貪婪;貪欲·貪吃;過度渴望食物
greedy常見,名詞greed反而少用
Even after winning the lottery, his greed made him want even more money.
即使中了樂透,他的貪婪還是讓他想要更多錢。
一個畫面：手抓滿還要更多
抓取更多已經握滿還伸手多拿
永不滿足得到再多還覺得不夠
貪吃索求看到食物就想再吃更多
義項
貪婪核心C1noun貪婪;貪欲
The company owner's greed made him pay his staff too little.
公司老闆的貪婪讓他付給員工太少薪水。
driven by greedblinded by greedhuman greed
貪吃索求C2noun貪吃;過度渴望食物
The dog's greed for food made it eat too fast and got sick.
那隻狗因為貪吃太快,結果吃壞了肚子。
greed for food
片語
blinded by greed貪到看不清 →因貪婪而失去判斷力
out of greed純粹因貪 →單純因為貪心而做
greed for power貪圖權力 →渴望掌握更多權力
human greed人性之貪 →人類共通的貪婪天性
你會不會這樣說？
His ___ made him want more than he needed. (greed / greedy)
看答案
greed
greed是名詞,greedy是形容詞,his後面需接名詞。
'The dog's greed for food made it eat too fast.' 這裡的 greed 意思最接近?(A) 貪婪掌控地盤 (B) 貪吃想要更多食物 (C) 貪財
看答案
(B)
此句主詞是狗,情境是食物,對應貪吃義項。
字族
greedy 貪心的;貪婪的・greedily 貪婪地