greed
/ɡriːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡriːd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgrēd/ (ame, mw)
greed — noun
1. a strong selfish wish to keep getting more money, possessions, power, or food th
a strong selfish wish to keep getting more money, possessions, power, or food than one truly needs, often at the cost of being unfair to other people.
Eli cut everyone's health benefits while quietly doubling his own bonus — his greed shocked the whole office.
[possessive] greed + [reaction verb]
Analysts blamed the bank collapse on a culture of unchecked corporate greed that ignored every risk warning.
collocation: corporate greed / unchecked greed
Caleb raised the rent forty percent but refused to fix the broken elevator — pure greed, the tenants said.
A housing bubble driven by pure greed left whole blocks of new apartments sitting empty across the city.
The Watanabe family watched their small grocery business shrink as a chain store opened nearby, fueled only by greed.
- avarice
formal and literary; only about money or wealth, never food
- covetousness
formal, often religious; emphasises wanting what belongs to someone else
- cupidity
rare and very formal; specifically a strong desire for material gain
- generosity
willingness to share or give away what one has
- selflessness
putting other people's needs ahead of one's own desires
文法句型
greed + for + [something]
用法筆記
Almost always negative. Frequently appears in fixed collocations: 'corporate greed', 'driven by greed', 'pure/naked/unchecked greed'. The pattern 'greed for + [something]' names the object of the desire.