graspingness是什么意思

2024-01-01 13:59:17

graspingness

美[ɡræspɪŋ] 英[ɡrɑːspɪŋ]

adj. 贪心的；贪婪的

sp. 动词grasp的现在分词形式.

副词：graspingly 名词：graspingness

近义词：greedy，acquisitive，commercial，ravenous，avaricious，covetous，selfish，miserly，seizing，prehension，grabby，prehensile，

adj.(形容词)

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Noun

understanding with difficulty;
"the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

Adjective

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money" "casting covetous eyes on his neighbors fields" "a grasping old miser" "grasping commercialism" "greedy for money and power" "grew richer and greedier" "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

用作形容词(adj.)

Dont let those grasping taxi-drivers charge you too much.不要让那些贪婪的出租汽车司机向你漫天要价。
It makes a woman grasping to see her children want for things.一个女人看到她的孩子们缺这少那,就会变得贪婪。