Covetous
[ˈkʌvətəs] or ['kʌvətəs]
解释:
(adj.) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; 'he was never covetous before he met her'; 'jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions'; 'envious of their art collection' .
贾尔斯录入--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
(v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
录入:门罗
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Greedy, eager, very desirous (usually in a bad sense, though sometimes in a good sense), AVARICIOUS, parsimonious, penurious, sordid, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, stingy.
格温录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, grasping, rapacious
ANT:Unselfish, liberal, self-sacrificing, profuse, bountiful, charitable
哈利整理
例句:
- I am covetous, and love good bargains. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- They were covetous, but they were afraid of the Carthaginian sea-power. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The same may be said of the passionate element:--the desires of the ambitious soul, as well as of the covetous, have an inferior satisfaction. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Ill-treating the boys, you covetous, avaricious, in-sa-ti-a-ble old fence? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- But I would not wish to be deemed covetous, and I would rather leave it to you, Mr Boffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Further, the very faculty which is the instrument of judgment is not possessed by the covetous or ambitious man, but only by the philosopher? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I never _was_ covetous, Jane, she replied; but I have six children and have buried three, and I didn't marry into money. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He is vain, Isaac, and he is covetous; at least he needs money to supply his profusion. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
哈利整理