covet是什么意思？

covet

英[ˈkʌvət] 美[ˈkʌvɪt]

• vt.& vi. 贪求，觊觎；
• adj. 值得渴望的；

第三人称单数：covets;

过去式：coveted;

过去分词：coveted;

现在分词：coveting;

例句

• All covet, all lose. 贪多损失大。
• Many large companies covet these low - cost acquisition of troubled small companies. 许多大公司都觊觎低价收购这些陷入困境的小公司.
• Covet not a gold - threaded robe. Cherish only your young days ! 劝君莫惜金缕衣,劝 君惜 取少年时.
• It's a sin to covet. 贪得无厌是一种罪恶.

同义词

• vt.
  covet的同义词之：垂涎;贪图
  desire, envy, crave, lust, want,
• covet的同义词之：其他释义
  crave, want, desire, lust, languish, envy, ambition,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  渴望;贪求;觊觎
  If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  贪求;觊觎
  Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person);
  "She covets her sister's house"