Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (cognates: Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *græduz (cognates: Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (source of Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").
In Greek, the word was philargyros, literally "money-loving." A German word for it is habsüchtig, from haben "to have" + sucht "sickness, disease," with sense tending toward "passion for."
双语例句
1. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
人们认为伊迪丝是一个诡计多端的贪婪女人。
来自柯林斯例句
2. You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings!
你这个馋嘴！你已经吃了两份了！
来自《权威词典》
3. The greedy boss stopped at nothing to gain profit.
