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

• 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！
• Confucius adviced: "If you are not covetous, even if there is a reward for stealing, no one would do it."
  孔子说：“只要自身不贪，即使有奖赏，也不会有人去干偷窃的勾当。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。