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

• 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。
• He was casting covetous eyes at the company.
  他对该公司垂涎三尺。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, foreign beer tycoons cast covetous eyes on China's market and have been entering China's market by investing directly or buying shares of some domestic leading beer manufacturers.
  同时国外啤酒巨头对中国市场虎视眈眈，纷纷通过投资设厂或参股国内领先企业的方式进入中国。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy
  因为那时人要专顾自己，贪爱钱财，自夸，狂傲，谤讟，违背父母，忘恩负义，心不圣洁