covetous

英 [ˈkʌvətəs]

美 [ˈkʌvətəs]

adj.  贪求的; 垂涎的

TOEFL

BNC.38665 / COCA.33282

牛津词典

adj.

• 贪求的；垂涎的
  having a strong desire for the things that other people have

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (尤指对他人物品)贪求的，垂涎的
  Acovetousperson has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
  1. they are avaricious and will do anything for money
  2. casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
  3. a grasping old miser
  4. grasping commercialism
  5. greedy for money and power
  6. grew richer and greedier
  7. prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
  Synonym:avariciousgrabbygraspinggreedyprehensile
• showing extreme cupidity
  1. he was never covetous before he met her
  2. jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
  3. envious of their art collection
  Synonym:enviousjealous

双语例句

• More silent than my shadow, I pass through the loftily covetous multitude.
  我比自己的影子更寂静，穿过纷纷扰扰的贪婪。
• A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
  贪婪之人不擅长于任何事只是贬损了自己。
• Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
  不因酒滋事，不打人，只要温和，不争竞，不贪财。
• 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.
  还有一些富人甚至以无子嗣为自豪。也许他们是担心，一旦有了子女就瓜分现有的财产吧。
• 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。
• He raised his head, with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.
  他抬起头来，一对贪婪的眼光露出馋涎欲滴的神情。
• Don't be covetous of another person's property.
  对他人的财产不要觊觎的。
• And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
  法利赛人是贪爱钱财的，他们听见这一切话，就嗤笑耶稣。
• 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。
• Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的、都不能承受神的国。