covet
- v. 贪求，觊觎；<正式>贪求，觊觎
[ 第三人称单数 covets 现在分词 coveting 过去式 coveted 过去分词 coveted ]
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Sarah Jessica Parker Covet 莎拉洁西卡 ; 帕克同名香水品牌 ; 名喷鼻水品牌
Rebecca Minkoff Covet 牛皮复古多用公文包 ; 鸵鸟纹墨绿色多用公文包 ; 北京现货 ; 鸵鸟纹复古真皮公文包
covet of manhole 人孔盖
Covet Fashion 梦想时尚
covet after wealth 贪图财富
All covet all lose 言多必失 ; 贪多嚼不烂
covet [ 'kʌvit ]
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v.
wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
"She covets her sister's house"
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
covet /ˈkʌvɪt/ TEM8 ( coveting, coveted, covets )
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V-T If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself. 对…垂涎三尺 [正式]
例：She coveted his job so openly that their conversations were tense.
她如此公开地对他的工作垂涎三尺，以至两人之间的谈话很紧张。
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Many of us are lacking in the strength we so covet.
我们中间有许多人缺乏这种安静的力量。
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I briefly covet something, and then the urge passes.
我会短暂地渴望一件东西，然后这种购买欲就消失了。
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"They each covet the other person's life," says Reynolds.
“他们都觊觎对方的生活。”雷诺兹说。
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"It's an available pool of skilled labor talent that other industries covet.
VOA: standard.2010.03.18
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and yet are not the things that we covet or wish to banish, We recognize in ourselves the capacity for disinterestedness.
而且我们既不会垂涎于它也不会产生厌恶之感，我们承认我们有能力做到绝对公正。
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It's not something to truly, I guess, covet.
我觉得那不是真正值得渴望的东西。
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