| 词汇 | grabby |
| 释义 | grabby adjective informaluk /ˈɡræb.i/ us /ˈɡræb.i/ grabbyadjective (GREEDY)trying to take things for yourself: 贪婪的 Don't be so grabby, Shirley. Let the others have their share.别这么贪心，雪莉，让其他人得到他们的那份。 a comedy about a pair of grabby opportunists on the French Riviera一部关于法国里维埃拉一对贪得无厌的机会主义者的喜剧 wanting more of something than you need greedyI've never met anyone so greedy for power. avariciousHe acquired his wealth by being an avaricious, unscrupulous businessman. rapaciousHe's a rapacious lawyer who will stop at nothing to win a case. acquisitiveShe was ruthlessly acquisitive and often bought expensive items just to keep others from owning them. graspingShe's a selfish, grasping old woman. There are those who like to describe her as a grabby social climber. The book charts her rise from grabby Las Vegas showgirl to bride-to-be of one of the richest men in America. It's really just greedy, grabby selfishness. Greedy avarice avaricious avariciously consumerism grasping greed greedily greediness greedy Mammon materialism materialist materialistic materialistically rapacious rapaciously rapaciousness rapacity ravenous someone's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomachidiom grabbyadjective (ATTRACTING ATTENTION)wanting to or designed to attract attention: 旨在引人注意的 They exist to sell ads by writing articles with grabby headlines and little substance.他们的主要工作就是卖广告，写一些标题抢眼、内容空洞的文章。 The film's got a great idea to go with that grabby title.这部电影的主题立意非常棒，可以配得上这个抢眼的片名。 See grab "They try to get stories that are catchy, grabby," he says. The album was packed with satisfying, grabby tunes. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off check out chichi dressed exhibitionist exhibitionistic exhibitionistically flamboyance flamboyant flaunt gimmickry meretricious negging ostentation ostentatiously peacock peacocking posture razzle-dazzle showboating swanky Examples of grabbygrabby It may be that the farmers' union have been a little too "grabby". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, these have a grabby action generally considered unsuitable for passenger cars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Drum brakes can be grabby if the drum surface gets light rust or if the brake is cold and damp, giving the pad material greater friction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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