Greed is a strong wish for more — more food, more money, more power, more things — than you need or than is fair.

Greed這個字 is是 a strong wish for more一種強烈想要更多的渴望——more food, more money, more power, more things更多食物、更多錢、更多權力、更多東西——than you need超過你所需要的 or than is fair或超過公平的範圍。

It is not a calm, neutral word. If you say someone has greed, you are judging them. Wanting a decent wage is not automatically greed; taking far more while others go without is when people reach for this word.

It這 is not不是 a calm, neutral word一個平靜、中性的字。If you say someone has greed如果你說某人有greed，you你 are judging them是在批判他們。Wanting a decent wage想要合理的薪水 is not automatically greed不必然就是greed；taking far more拿走遠遠更多 while others go without在別人一無所有時 is when people reach for this word才是人們會用上這個字的時候。

It can be about food, eating past fullness, or about money and power. In old Christian teaching it is one of the seven deadly sins, so it still carries a moral weight even when people are not talking about religion.

It它 can be about food可以是關於食物，eating past fullness吃到超過飽足，or about money and power也可以是關於金錢和權力。In old Christian teaching在古老的基督教教義裡，it它 is is one of the seven deadly sins七宗罪之一，so所以 it它 still carries a moral weight還是帶著道德上的份量 even when people are not talking about religion即使人們不是在談宗教。

There is a verb “to greed”, from the same history, but almost nobody uses it now; we say “to be greedy” instead. The noun arrived around 1600, cut back from the older adjective greedy — so English had a word for the greedy person before it had this name for the feeling.

There is有 a verb too一個動詞 to hankto greed，from the same history來自同樣的字源，but但 almost nobody uses it now現在幾乎沒有人用；we我們 say "to be greedy" instead會改說「to be greedy」。The noun這個名詞 arrived around 1600大約在1600年出現，cut back from the older adjective greedy是從更早的形容詞greedy縮減而來——so所以 English英語 had a word for the greedy person先有形容貪心的人的字 before it had this name for the feeling之後才有這個給那種感覺的名字。