| 词汇 | covetous |
| 释义 | covetous adjective formaldisapprovinguk /ˈkʌv.ɪ.təs/ us /ˈkʌv.ə.t̬əs/ wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else: （尤指对属于别人的东西）贪求的，垂涎的 I can't help casting covetous looks at my neighbour's new Porsche.我忍不住对邻居的新保时捷车垂涎欲滴。 Synonyms acquisitive(WANTING THINGS)formal often disapproving avariciousformal disapproving envious graspingdisapproving greedy(WANTING MORE)disapproving jealous(UNHAPPY) jealous jealousI'm so jealous that she's going to that concert! enviousShe was very envious of her brother's success. green with envyYou'll be green with envy when you meet her new boyfriend. possessiveShe has a wildly possessive boyfriend who doesn't like her even looking at other men. covetousShe's covetous of his gorgeous house. Envy and jealousy all right be green with envyidiom covet covetable covetously covetousness enviable enviably envious enviously enviousness envyingly green greenly grudge jealous jealously possessive possessively threatened Related wordscovetously covetousness Examples of covetouscovetous It will provoke intense covetous discussion, as it is difficult to explain the context to citizens. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is on that audience that private interests are now casting covetous eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nonsense to argue that there is no injustice to unfortunate people whose land happens to catch the covetous eye of the local authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the land question still remains, and many covetous eyes will be directed to the amount of land still held by landlords and large farmers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do they not think that we are covetous and desire to make claims throughout the length and breadth of the world? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, a similar covetous council need only exercise compulsory purchase powers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is different from global aggression or casting a covetous eye on the oil fields. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is evidence of the high academic standards which are attained that in a number of cases universities have been looking at these colleges with covetous eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All this means that a large number of extra people will come into the market with compulsory powers, and cast covetous eyes on what is today good agricultural land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not be covetous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not, it is inevitable that many more people will be casting covetous eyes in the direction of our water, and that is something we want to avoid. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He was indeed boastful, and also covetous of honours and wealth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Of course, his bickering covetous heirs and associates would rather keep the jewel for themselves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kartavirya was covetous and wanted the calf as his own. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are covetous and suspicious of each other. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. |
| 随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。