Usage examples of "жадных" in Russian with translation to English

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Никогда не встречал столь вероломных, отвратительных, жадных до власти интриганов. I've never come across such treacherous, poisonous, power-hungry schemers.
Оставшиеся популяции китов удалось спасти усилиями изобретателей и жадных до прибыли капиталистов. The remnant whale populations were saved by technological innovators and profit-maximizing capitalists.
Вскоре окажется так, что шарики пенопласта начнут перемещаться в этом обществе и будут скапливаться у самых пьяных, самых жадных людей. What'll happen is that the Styrofoam peanuts will start moving through our society here, and they will accumulate in the drunkest, stingiest people.
При ценах на нефть, достигающих $100 за баррель, и жадных до энергоносителей гигантах, таких как США и Китай, стучащихся в дверь Нигерии, главная нефтедобывающая страна Африки хочет использовать нефтедоллары для решения экономических проблем страны и обретения большего влияния на международной арене. With oil reaching $100 dollars per barrel, and energy-hungry giants like the United States and China beating a path to Nigeria's door, Africa's leading oil producer wants to use petrodollars to cure the country's economic ills and flex its muscles in the international arena.
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