Word · Frequency #22783
greedily
贪婪地;贪食地
核心释义
in a greedy manner
- 1.
贪婪地;渴望地。
In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
贪婪地;渴望地。;贪食地;贪婪地
用法In use
He ate the cake greedily, not even stopping to breathe.
用法提示:greedily 是副词,修饰动词 ate,表示“贪婪地”吃。
She grabbed the money greedily and stuffed it into her pocket.
用法提示:greedily 是副词,修饰动词 grabbed,说明动作带着贪婪。
The children drank the juice greedily after playing outside.
用法提示:greedily 是副词,修饰动词 drank,表示“贪食地/贪婪地”。
greedily + verb
She greedily grabbed the last piece of cake.
她贪婪地抢走了最后一块蛋糕。
verb + greedily
The stray cat ate greedily.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- eat greedily
- 贪婪地吃
- The starving dog ate greedily, not even looking up.那只饿狗贪婪地吃着,连头都不抬。
- drink greedily
- 贪婪地喝
- He drank greedily from the cold spring.他贪婪地喝着冰冷的泉水。
- read greedily
- 如饥似渴地阅读
- She read greedily through all the novels on the shelf.她如饥似渴地把书架上所有小说都读了一遍。
- stare greedily at
- 贪婪地盯着
- The thief stared greedily at the jewels in the window.小偷贪婪地盯着橱窗里的珠宝。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
greed(贪婪)加副词后缀 -ily,联想:贪吃的狼见到肉,眼睛发绿,greedily 扑上去。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常对话、文学作品、新闻报道 greedily 是副词,通常表示“贪婪地”,既可指对食物贪吃(贪食地),也可指对金钱、权力等贪求;语气偏负面,但在日常和书面语中都比较常见,属于比较中性的常用词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 greedily(/ˈɡriːdɪli/)押韵的是 speedily (/ˈspiːdɪli/) 和 needily (/ˈniːdɪli/),它们都含 -eedily 且读 /iːdɪli/。readily (/ˈredɪli/) 和 steadily (/ˈstedɪli/) 拼写都有 -dily,但重读元音是 /e/,不是 /iː/,不押韵。easily (/ˈiːzɪli/) 虽有 /iː/,但中间辅音为 /z/ 而非 /d/;happily (/ˈhæpɪli/) 的重读元音是 /æ/。这些词仅拼写或部分发音相近。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.