covetousness是什么意思？

covetousness

贪婪；贪心；妄羡

例句

• Covetousness is the mother of ruin and mischief. 贪婪带来不幸,贪婪导致毁灭.
• Poverty want many thing, but covetousness all. 贫穷可满足;欲望却难填.
• As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. 正如贪婪是万恶之源一样, 贫穷是最坏的陷阱.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an envious eagerness to possess something
  2. extreme greed for material wealth
  3. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)