covets的中文翻譯是什麼意思

covets

/ˈkʌvɪts/

v. 貪求,覬覦( covet的第三人稱單數 )

covets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。

covets場景例句

It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets.

所有總統都垂涎這類電視新聞報導.

She covets her sister's house.

她對她姐姐的房子垂涎三尺.

He who covets is always poor.

貪婪難致富.

The law delights in equity ; it covets perfection; it is a rule of right.

法律悅納衡平,渴求完美, 規定正義.