covet
covet 英 [ˈkʌvət] 美 [ˈkʌvɪt]
vt. 垂涎；觊觎 vi. 垂涎；觊觎
进行时:coveting 过去式:coveted 过去分词:coveted 第三人称单数:covets 名词复数:covets
- If you covet something, you eagerly desire something that someone else has. If it's 95 degrees out and humid, you may find yourself coveting your neighbor's air conditioner.
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- vt. 垂涎；觊觎
- vi. 垂涎；觊觎
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1. What are people who covet these things saying about themselves?
垂涎这些事物的人们会如何评价自己？
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2. We disrespect authority, fail to take care of our neighbors in need, and covet the materialism of the world.
我们不尊重社区，不在邻居需要的时候伸出手，而且觊觎这个世界的物质性。
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3. Parents in the other families, giving up the right that people in other parts of China covet, decided to have only one child.
在其他家庭里的父母，放弃了在中国其他地区人们垂涎的权利，决定只要一个孩子。
- covet (v.) mid-13c., "to desire or wish for inordinately or without regard for the rights of others," from Old French coveitier "covet, desire, lust after" (12c., Modern French convoiter, influenced by con- words), probably ultimately from Latin cupiditas "passionate desire, eagerness, ambition," from cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity). From mid-14c. in a good sense, "desire or wish for eagerly, desire to obtain or possess." Related: Coveted; coveting.
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