covetous

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英 [ˈkʌvətəs]

美 [ˈkʌvɪtəs]

covetous基本释义

adj.贪婪的；贪心的；垂涎的

covetous用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

垂涎的

贪图的

渴望的

贪婪的

贪求的

妄羡的

贪得无厌的

乱要的

贪心的

妄想占有（别人东西）的

adj

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

e.g. they are avaricious and will do anything for moneycasting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fieldsa grasping old misergrasping commercialismgreedy for money and powergrew richer and greedierprehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

Synonym: avariciousgrabbygraspinggreedyprehensile

2. showing extreme cupiditypainfully desirous of another's advantages

e.g. he was never covetous before he met herjealous of his success and covetous of his possessionsenvious of their art collection

Synonym: enviousjealous

1. (尤指对他人物品)贪求的，垂涎的A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.

e.g. Even here a red Lamborghini Diablo sports car attracts covetous stares.即便在这儿，兰博基尼的红色迪亚博罗跑车也会招来垂涎的目光。

1. 贪婪的：covet 妄想 | covetous 贪婪的 | cow 威胁

2. covetous的意思

2. 贪心的：conventional#传统的;习俗的 | covetous#贪心的 | cozy#舒适的

3. covetous是什么意思

3. 妄羡的：妄absurdfantastic | 妄羡的covetous | 妄想chimaeraobsessiveness

4. covetous的翻译

4. 乱要的：covetlongfor 觊 | covetous 乱要的 | covetous 妄羡的

近义词

临近词

grabby贪婪的

acquisitive想获得的

avaricious贪财的

avid渴望的

envious嫉妒的

commercial商业的

desirous渴望的

insatiable不知足的

greedy贪婪的

jealous妒忌的

prehensile(动物的尾足等)适于抓握...

grasping贪心的

covet another country's territory

Covetousness break the bag.

covet

Covetous of his neighbor's possessions

Covetousness bring home nothing.

coveting soil layer inside levee

Coveting rank and admiring position

相关列句

The guy is covetous of power.(那家伙很贪权。)

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.(贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对却坏处更大。)

The price I have maked on a reasonable profit, which is not covetous.(我的报价以合理为依据，不是漫天要价。)

As the saying goes, "a covetous man is ever in want."(俗云：“贪婪的人永远想要更多。”)

Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.(人有野心，必成俘虏；人若贪婪，必是乞丐。)

It is not money, as is sometimes said, but the love of money - the excessive, selfish, covetous love of money, that is the root of all evil.(全钱并非如人们有时所说的那样是万恶之源。对金钱的追求一过度的、自私的、贪婪的追求，才是真正的根源。)

If you have love or desire for that Rolls Royce you will become proud, possessive or covetous.(如果你对那部劳斯莱斯生起喜爱或渴望，你就会感到骄傲、有很强的占有欲或变得贪婪。)

A covetous man is ever in want.(贪婪的人永远想要更多。)

In feeding the mind we ought to imitate gluttons and the covetous, who always fix their attention on what is still left.(喂养心灵当如饕餮之徒，又如贪婪之人，他们的注意力总在未得之物上面。)

Nay more, there are some foolish rich covetous men, that take a pride, in having no children, because they may be thought so much the richer.(尤有甚者，有些愚而富的悭吝人竟以无子嗣自豪，以为如此则他们在别人眼中更显得富有了。)