英语词汇“grasping”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grasping

/ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ

adjective

Avaricious; greedy: they were regarded as grasping landlords...

A grasping and greedy ethos seems to be what grips most of our citizens.
It's a grasping, greedy society, fuelled by educational expectation and privilege.
She hid it under the carpets to keep it from the grasping claws of her greedy brother, who was a man not averse to physical violence and who put pressure on everybody to help him service his frequent debts.

Synonyms

avaricious, acquisitive, greedy, rapacious, grabbing, usurious, covetous, venal;

mercenary, materialistic, money-oriented;

mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, scrimping, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, hoarding, selfish, possessive, close;

North American forehanded

informal tight-fisted, tight, stingy, money-grubbing, money-grabbing, on the make

North American informal cheap, grabby

Australian/New Zealand informal hungry

vulgar slang tight-arsed

Derivatives

graspingly

adverb ...

On the other hand, this doesn't mean that we have to kowtow to the disingenuous, the graspingly ambitious, the intellectually dishonest, or others whose views conflict with our own.
And I know what it feels like to want quietly and graspingly for unknown things.
Pidgin is spoken slowly and graspingly, has no formal set of rules or consistent structure, and relies heavily on the speakers' native languages.

graspingness

noun ...

He has persuaded John that every socially prescribed role entraps one in falsity, the clamour of petty needs, and graspingness.
Envy is a graspingness for self. Greed is a graspingness for life.
They trade on their rudeness, graspingness and lack of consideration and everybody knows about this before they book.

单词	grasping
释义	grasping /ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ / adjective Avaricious; greedy: they were regarded as grasping landlords... A grasping and greedy ethos seems to be what grips most of our citizens. It's a grasping, greedy society, fuelled by educational expectation and privilege. She hid it under the carpets to keep it from the grasping claws of her greedy brother, who was a man not averse to physical violence and who put pressure on everybody to help him service his frequent debts. Synonyms avaricious, acquisitive, greedy, rapacious, grabbing, usurious, covetous, venal; mercenary, materialistic, money-oriented; mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, scrimping, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, hoarding, selfish, possessive, close; North American forehanded informal tight-fisted, tight, stingy, money-grubbing, money-grabbing, on the make North American informal cheap, grabby Australian/New Zealand informal hungry vulgar slang tight-arsed Derivatives graspingly adverb ... On the other hand, this doesn't mean that we have to kowtow to the disingenuous, the graspingly ambitious, the intellectually dishonest, or others whose views conflict with our own. And I know what it feels like to want quietly and graspingly for unknown things. Pidgin is spoken slowly and graspingly, has no formal set of rules or consistent structure, and relies heavily on the speakers' native languages. graspingness noun ... He has persuaded John that every socially prescribed role entraps one in falsity, the clamour of petty needs, and graspingness. Envy is a graspingness for self. Greed is a graspingness for life. They trade on their rudeness, graspingness and lack of consideration and everybody knows about this before they book.
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