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 worst to himself.
  贪心不足的人对他人无益，对自己最有害。
• 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。
• Tom Smith is famous for winning the covetous gold horse trophy last year before suffering a serious head injury in a fall.
  去年汤姆因先是获贪心的金马奖而后又在一次坠马中头部严重受伤而名声大噪。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't be covetous of another person's property.
  对他人的财产不要觊觎的。
• The two boxers cast covetous eyes on each other.
  两位拳击手虎视眈眈地对视着。
• 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。
• The United States Steel Corporation was casting covetous eyes at his company.
  美国钢铁公司正向他的公司投去贪婪的目光。