Covet
['kʌvɪt] or ['kʌvət]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); 'She covets her sister's house'.
手打:兰斯洛特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.
(v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
(v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.
編輯:奥斯本
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Desire, long for, lust for, hanker after, aspire to.
校對:弗恩
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Long_for, wish_for, yearn_for, hanker, desire
ANT:Despise, dislike, undervalue, mislike
手打:拉蒙纳
解釋/意思:
v.t. to desire or wish for eagerly: to wish for what is unlawful.—v.i. to desire (with for).—adjs. Cov′etable; Cov′eted.—adv. Cov′etingly.—ns. Cov′etise (obs.) covetousness: ardent desire; Cov′etiveness (obs.) acquisitiveness.—adj. Cov′etous inordinately desirous: avaricious.—adv. Cov′etously.—n. Cov′etousness.
錄入:提托
例句/造句/用法:
- Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;' I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet--praise of their pupils' progress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I covet nothing, said Mr. Skimpole in the same light way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She is the only pearl I have, he said; and now others will find out that she is pure and of price: they will covet her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- If he would but prove reliable, and he _looked_ reliable, what, beyond his friendship, could I ever covet? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But if the _Ingl閟_ must learn that odor that he covets to recognize he must go to the _matadero_ early in the morning. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I coveted a cake of bread. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They're yours, there--' And with trembling, excited hands she put the coveted stockings under Ursula's pillow. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- This from me may appear to strangers like personal pique, but all who know me will acquit me of having ever, in my life, coveted the society of fools. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- He finished it, was paid the stipulated sum, and immediately spent it in fresh experiments to find the coveted enamel. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Nay, there are few, very few, who would not affect pride in the possession of what their betters have coveted in vain! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- And presently Dobbin had the opportunity which his heart coveted, and he got sight of Amelia's face once more. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The poor widow in the little cottage at Brompton, guarding her treasure there, little knew how eagerly some people coveted it. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
整理:弗娜