covet

vt.& vi.贪求，觊觎

adj.值得渴望的

verb

1. 渴望；贪求（尤指别人的东西）；觊觎
   to want sth very much, especially sth that belongs to sb else
   1. He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician.
      他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
   2. They are this year's winners of the coveted trophy (= that everyone would like to win) .
      他们获得了本年度人人觊觎的大奖。

vt. 垂涎；觊觎 vi. 垂涎；觊觎

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

covet 贪求

来自拉丁词cupio, 渴求，词源同Cupid, cupidity, hope.

1. She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense.
   她毫不隐讳地表示想得到他的工作，以至于他们之间说话都带着火药味。
2. Thanks to their flexibility, students covet them.
   拜其灵活性所赐，广大学子都对它垂涎三尺。
3. But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
   你们却要热切地追求那些更大的恩赐。现在我要把更高的道路指示你们。
4. Covet to get alone with God.
   让我们渴慕单独和神亲近。
5. There is always some rarity to covet in the smallest arboretum in the world.
   在这个世界上最小的植物园里，总有些稀有的植物品种是值得艳羡的。
6. By God, I won't covet anyone's honey.
   我决不去碰别人的蜂蜜。
7. I had nothing to covet; for I had all that I was now capable of enjoying.
   我一无所求，因为，我所有的一切，已尽够我享受了。
8. Covet ye therefore my words, and love them, and you shall have instruction.
   所以你们应思慕我的话，珍爱我的话，如此，你们必深受教益。
9. But we don't want the opposite extreme either, where you automatically covet anything that does drop.
   但是我们也不希望成为另一个极端。
10. Americans can be counted upon to covet shiny new cars but buying American is a less certain proposition.
    对于闪闪发光的新车，美国人一定会继续渴望拥有，但他们却不一定会买美国车。
11. Never covet wealth and power.
    切勿贪图财富和权力。
12. International financial institutions might covet the potential market that might be created by this emerging social group.
    国际金融组织可能对这个逐渐显现的社会群体所带来的潜在市场垂涎三尺。
13. I briefly covet something, and then the urge passes.
    我会短暂地渴望一件东西，然后这种购买欲就消失了。
14. To tell you the truth, Lily, I covet you a long time.
    说句老实话，莉莉，我对你垂涎已久啦。
15. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
    不可贪图你邻居的妻子。
16. Covet all and lose all.
    贪婪愈多，失去也愈多。
17. More than a few must now covet a safer life in London.
    一定有许多人对伦敦较为“安全”的生活垂涎不已。
18. Ads for new cars tempt me to covet;
    汽车广告挑起我的贪婪；
19. He thinks it's a sin to covet other's properties.
    他认为贪图他人的财物是有罪的。
20. It's obvious we're barbarians who covet their sacred lands.
    他说我们明明就是野蛮人，对他们神圣的土地垂涎三尺。
21. Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks.
    不让你的心贪恋她的美色，不让她的秋波迷惑你。
22. Does she covet a job in Barack Obama's Cabinet or maybe an appointment to the Supreme Court?
    她在觊觎在巴拉克。奥巴马的内阁中的一席之地或许是去最高法院的一项委任？
23. Online gaming is another area both AOL and Microsoft covet.
    在线游戏是AOL和微软垂涎三尺的另一个领域。
24. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive-shakespeare.
    如果说向往荣誉是一种罪过，那么我就是活着的最为罪恶的灵魂-莎士比亚。
25. We do not covet anything from any nation.
    我们不觊觎任何国家的任何东西。
26. It was the approval rate that any government would covet.
    这是任何一个政府都渴望的支持率。
27. This Jaguar you so pinheadedly covet.
    这是你垂涎已久的美洲虎车。
28. I do not covet goods not mine.
    我不觊觎不是我的东西。
29. How do we first start to covet?
    我们怎样才会开始贪心？
30. It is impossible that you can covet the admiration of Heathcliff-that you consider him an agreeable person!
    你没法博得希刺克厉夫的爱慕&你不能把他当作情投意合的人。