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貪る

verb

to be greedy for something, to crave something / to covet something / (in compound verbs) to do something greedily or hungrily

彼は権力を貪るために、何でもする。

He will do anything to be greedy for power.

意味（1）

to be greedy for something, to crave something

意味（2）

to covet something

意味（3）

(in compound verbs) to do something greedily or hungrily

彼(かれ)は、講義(こうぎ)の合間(あいま)に大好(だいす)きな小説(しょうせつ)を貪(むさぼ)り読(よ)んでいた。

Kare wa, kōgi no aima ni daisuki na shōsetsu o musabori yonde ita.He was hungrily reading a favorite novel between the lectures.