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

• It's the first Jian of brother Badao! It makes people covetous.
  这是拔刀兄第一剑吧！看得让人眼热的那把。
• 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。
• Money laundering is a kind of crime which seeks covetous profits. The sole aim of money laundering is to make those who do illegal activities gain monetary profits generated from the crime.
  洗钱是一种贪利性质的犯罪，其目的只有一个，那就是为了使那些从事非法活动的人享受到其犯罪为其带来的金钱收益。
• 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。
• 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。
• The two boxers cast covetous eyes on each other.
  两位拳击手虎视眈眈地对视着。
• Don't be covetous of another person's property.
  对他人的财产不要觊觎的。
• 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！
• 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。