greed

/ɡriːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡriːd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgrēd/ (ame, mw)

greed — 名詞

1. a strong selfish wish to keep getting more money, possessions, power, or food th

1.名詞B2
釋義

貪婪；貪心

對金錢、權力或食物超出所需的強烈欲望

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.

例句

Eli cut everyone's health benefits while quietly doubling his own bonus — his greed shocked the whole office.

Eli 砍掉了所有人的醫療福利，卻悄悄把自己的獎金翻倍——他的貪婪讓整間辦公室都震驚。

[possessive] greed + [reaction verb]

Analysts blamed the bank collapse on a culture of unchecked corporate greed that ignored every risk warning.

分析師將那家銀行的倒閉歸咎於一種不受節制的企業貪婪文化，這種文化無視所有的風險警示。

collocation: corporate greed / unchecked greed

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌She has a greed of money.
✅She has a greed for money.
💡the noun takes the preposition 'for', not 'of'.
❌His healthy greed pushed him to study harder.
✅His healthy ambition pushed him to study harder.
💡'greed' is never neutral or positive; use 'ambition' or 'drive' for healthy motivation.