covet的中文翻譯是什麼意思

covet

US/ˈkʌvɪt/
UK/ˈkʌvət/

vt.& vi. 貪求,覬覦

covet柯林斯釋義

VERB渴望;貪求;覬覦

If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.

  • She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense.

    她毫不隱諱地表示想得到他的工作,以至於他們之間說話都帶著火藥味。

covet英文釋義

Verb

1. wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person);

  • She covets her sister's house

covet場景例句

Most of the immigrants work in unskilled jobs, as maids or busboys, that few Argentines covet.

大多數移民從事的是阿根廷人不大願意幹的不需要技能的工作, 比如女僕或餐館工.

I had nothing to covet; for I had all that I was now capable of enjoying.

我一無所求, 因為,我所有的一切,已儘夠我享受了.

Jingqiu Li has the kind of programming skills employers covet.

李景秋有著僱主所垂涎的程式設計技能.

The Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.

亞洲人民渴望開創自己的自由生活的現實,這十分重要.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive.

如果說嚮往榮譽是一種罪過, 那麼我就是活著的最為罪惡的靈魂.

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covet詞性變形

covetscovetedcoveting

covet近義詞

vt. 垂涎;貪圖

desireenvycravelustwant

其他釋義

cravewantdesirelustlanguishenvyambition