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詞彙集 貪婪(屬於 人類特徵和品質):完整且詳細的清單

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desire has no limit

/dɪˈzaɪər hæz noʊ ˈlɪmɪt/

(phrase) 慾望無止境, 人心不足蛇吞象

範例:

He kept buying more cars, proving that desire has no limit.
他不斷購買更多的汽車,證明了慾望是沒有止境的

many go out for wool and come home shorn

/ˈmɛni ɡoʊ aʊt fɔːr wʊl ænd kʌm hoʊm ʃɔːrn/

(idiom) 偷雞不成蝕把米, 貪小便宜吃大虧

範例:

He invested all his savings hoping to double them, but many go out for wool and come home shorn.
他投入了所有積蓄希望能翻倍,結果卻是偷雞不成蝕把米

greedy never gets

/ˈɡriːdi ˈnevər ɡets/

(idiom) 貪多必失, 貪婪者一無所有

範例:

He tried to take all the credit for himself, but greedy never gets and he was eventually fired.
他想獨吞所有功勞,但貪多必失,他最終被解雇了。

the more you get, the more you want

/ðə mɔːr ju ɡɛt, ðə mɔːr ju wɑːnt/

(idiom) 得隴望蜀, 欲壑難填

範例:

He already has three cars, but the more you get, the more you want.
他已經有三輛車了,但真是得隴望蜀(越得越多,越想要更多)。

pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered

/pɪɡz ɡɛt fæt, hɑɡz ɡɛt ˈslɔːtərd/

(idiom) 貪婪過度必遭殃, 小貪獲利大貪喪命

範例:

He should have taken the profit when he had the chance, but he waited too long; pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.
他本該在有機會時獲利了結,但他等得太久了;正所謂小貪獲利,大貪喪命

he who grasps at too much loses everything

/hiː huː ɡræps æt tuː mʌtʃ ˈluːzɪz ˈevriθɪŋ/

(idiom) 貪多必失

範例:

He tried to manage three businesses simultaneously, but he who grasps at too much loses everything.
他試圖同時經營三家公司,但貪多必失

grasp all, lose all

/ɡræsp ɔːl, luːz ɔːl/

(idiom) 貪多必失, 貪多嚼不爛

範例:

He tried to manage three companies at the same time, but grasp all, lose all; they all went bankrupt.
他試圖同時經營三家公司,但貪多嚼不爛,結果全部破產了。

a person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace

/ə ˈpɜrsən wɪð tu mʌtʃ æmˈbɪʃən ˈkænɑt slip ɪn pis/

(phrase) 野心太大的人無法安睡

範例:

He is always stressed about his next promotion; as they say, a person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace.
他總是在為下一次晉升感到壓力;正如人們所說,野心太大的人無法安睡
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