covets是什么意思？

covets

• v. 贪求，觊觎( covet的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• He who covets is always poor. 贪婪难致富.
• She covets her sister's house. 她对她姐姐的房子垂涎三尺.
• It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets. 所有总统都垂涎这类电视新闻报导.

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。