greedy

欲張りな、貪欲な

必要以上のお金や食べ物、物を欲しがり、特に人と分けたがらない。

やさしい英語で： Wanting more money, food, or possessions than you need, especially without sharing.

• Don’t be greedy; leave some cake.
• The greedy landlord raised everyone’s rent.
• He grew greedy for power.

使い方： greedy for something (The boss was greedy for more money.)

類義語： selfish, avaricious

反対語： generous

よく使う表現： greedy person, greedy for money, greedy eyes, greedy for power

貪欲な

文字列の検索で、条件に合う部分をできるだけ長く取ろうとする。

やさしい英語で： Trying to include as much text as possible when searching for a matching pattern.

• This pattern uses a greedy quantifier.
• The greedy match includes both quoted phrases.
• Is the expression greedy by default?

反対語： non-greedy

よく使う表現： greedy match, greedy quantifier, greedy expression