covet
美音:[´kʌvət
]
英音:[´kʌvət
]
v.垂涎,觊觎
难易程度:
covet为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:covetingly 名词:coveter 动词过去式:coveted 过去分词:coveted 现在分词:coveting 第三人称单数:covets 形容词:covetable
近义词, 同义词
covetousness venality avidity cupidity acquisitiveness desire greed greediness avarice avidity rapacity selfishness grasping craving greedy avaricious covetous acquisitive grasping rapacious ravenous exacting insatiable
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covet
/'kʌvɪt; `kʌvɪt/
v [Tn] (usu derog 通常作贬义) want very much to possess (esp sth that belongs to sb else) 贪求（尤指别人的东西）; 觊觎
*covet sb's position, status, possessions, rewards 觊觎某人的职位、地位、财产、报酬
* this year's winner of the coveted Nobel Prize, ie which everyone would like to win 许多人梦寐以求的诺贝尔奖之本年度获得者.
v [Tn] (usu derog 通常作贬义) want very much to possess (esp sth that belongs to sb else) 贪求（尤指别人的东西）; 觊觎
*covet sb's position, status, possessions, rewards 觊觎某人的职位、地位、财产、报酬
* this year's winner of the coveted Nobel Prize, ie which everyone would like to win 许多人梦寐以求的诺贝尔奖之本年度获得者.
covet
v [T]formal
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: coveitier, from coveitié 'desire', from Latin cupiditas; CUPIDITY]
to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has
The Michelin Awards are coveted by restaurants all over the world.
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: coveitier, from coveitié 'desire', from Latin cupiditas; CUPIDITY]
to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has
The Michelin Awards are coveted by restaurants all over the world.
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