covet

美音：['kʌvət] 英音：['kʌvət]

简单释义：

v.觊觎；渴望；妄想(别人东西)

网络垂涎；贪求；贪图

变形：

第三人称单数：covets 现在分词：coveting 过去分词：coveted

完整释义：

1.贪图,觊觎,垂涎,想吃,羡慕
2.妄想(别人东西),贪求
3.盼望,渴望,想得到

例句：

He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it , the more he seemed to covet it .
他还在凝视着那张画；他越看就把它抓得越牢，他也似乎越想得到它。
"I'm happy, because it's an honor that lots of chefs covet, it's just a bit late, " he told AFP ruefully.
“我很高兴，因为这是许多厨师梦寐以求的荣誉，只是它来得有点迟。”他无奈地告诉法新社记者。
"The Chinese have already begun coming, " he said. "They covet our land. It seems there's no space for people there. "
他说：“中国人已经来了，他们垂涎我们的土地，似乎他们自己的国家已经没有多少空间了。”
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
你们要切切的求那更大的恩赐，我现今把最妙的道指示你们。
Such exaggerations aside, some of the amendments will boost the powers of the presidency, an office Mr Erdogan is widely believed to covet.
这样说或许有些言过其实，但一部分修正案确实会扩大总统——据信埃尔多安觊觎此职——权力。
Use cheap luggage: Some thieves covet pricey designer bags as much or more than the items packed inside.
有些小偷也觊觎昂贵的设计师品牌包包，更甚箱内的物品。
A simple desire of life will not distract their mind and covet others. They are satisfied in their spiritual world, loneliness but happy.
简单的生活欲求，使文人心不旁蝥、不觊觎，其精神世界可自给自足，心中饱满，寂寞着也快乐着。
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.
他们贪图田地就佔据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压人，霸佔房屋和产业。

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