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

• Don't be covetous of another person's property.
  对他人的财产不要觊觎的。
• He was never covetous before he met her; jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions; envious of their art collection.
  在遇到她之前，他从不贪婪妄羡；嫉妒他的成功，垂涎于他的财产；羡慕他们的艺术收藏。
• Yet, how to win the audiences attentions and gain their adherence are not only the constant focuses of rhetoric, but also covetous goals of every discursive practitioner.
  但是，如何“争众赢宠”却不仅是西方修辞学关注的中心议题，也是包括王朔批评者在内的话语实践者孜孜以求的目标。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( British informal) cross-eyed. The two boxers cast covetous eyes on each other.
  （英国非正式用法）斜视的、对视的。两位拳击手虎视眈眈地对视着。
• A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.
  贪心不足的人对他人无益，对自己最有害。
• 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。
• Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!
  喔！但他是一个吝啬的人，手有如研磨机。司克洛奇！一个奸诈、夺掠、攫取、杂碎、善于支配、贪婪的老坏蛋！
• 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。