| 词汇 | covet |
| 释义 | covet verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈkʌv.ɪt/ us /ˈkʌv.ət/ to want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else: 觊觎，垂涎（尤指他人之物）；贪求，渴望 She always coveted power but never quite achieved it.她一直贪求权力，但从未得逞。 The Booker Prize is the most coveted British literary award.布克奖是最令人向往的英国文学奖。 Envy and jealousy all right be green with envyidiom covetable covetous covetously covetousness enviable enviably envious enviously enviousness envyingly green greenly grudge jealous jealously possessive possessively threatened Examples of covetcovet The area has always been coveted by non-indigenous adventurers. Indeed, so great was the economic potential of these two districts that neighbouring states coveted them for themselves. By contrast, they were rejected by the tourism industry and coveted their low and marginal status. By contrast, these transmigrants coveted the relatively level land in the hill valleys and dislodged the groups living there-e. g. His recording then becomes coveted by those who seek to exploit the treasure for financial gain. A good person has a good will, which loves properly, and a bad one has a bad will, which covets. Our explanation of the decision to fight highlights the incentives that are present when the defender holds a valued asset coveted by the challenger. There is nothing more coveted by researchers than questions that intrigue, questions that generate intellectual excitement, questions that grab hold and simply will not let go. And in fact, even as resources, the forests were already part way towards 'enculturation', since they were coveted not as species-rich pools of biodiversity, but as land for cropping. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our desire is to secure the best man we can get for the office, and to make it an office which shall be coveted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They covet no gain for themselves and have no thought of territorial expansion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 European citizens are proud of this policy of solidarity and citizens of the developing world covet and need it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This was the first occasion on which we have had this special first-day covet service and the experience gained will be applied in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a distinction he does not covet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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