covet是什麼意思_音標_用法_例句

簡單釋義：

v. 覬覦；渴望；妄想(別人東西)

網絡 垂涎；貪求；貪圖

變形：

第三人稱單數：covets  現在分詞：coveting  過去分詞：coveted  

完整釋義：

v.

1.貪圖,覬覦,垂涎,想吃,羨慕
2.妄想(別人東西),貪求
3.盼望,渴望,想得到

例句：

1. I covet my neighbor's fancy ice cream maker, but with its not so sweet price tag of $500, I'm content with my Krups version at just $70.
   我一直覬覦我鄰居那台可愛的冰激凌機，但因為它不那麼可愛的500美元的標價，我更滿意我那隻需70美元的克魯伯機。

2. One may covet the position of President or King, but would not change places with them unless it meant the continuance of his own identity.
   有人可能會覬覦總統或國王的位置，但不會改變他們的地方，除非它指的是利用自己的身份繼續。

3. Down to date, we still infatuated crazy idea here, covet you to return.
   直到今天，我們仍在這裡痴心妄想，妄想着你的歸來。

4. Beijing's rulers will never achieve the stability they covet until they deal with the root causes of these problems.
   首都的統治者如果不解決這些問題的根源，則他們永遠不可能獲得他們覬覦的那種穩定。

5. So, I also urged not to trade frequently, do short-term trading, do not covet petty profits.
   所以，我也極力主張不要頻繁交易，不做短線交易，不要貪圖蠅頭小利。

6. I seem to talk myself out of buying things more and more as I get older. I briefly covet something, and then the urge passes.
   隨着年齡的增長，我似乎越來越能說服自己不要買什麼東西。我會短暫地渴望一件東西，然後這種購買慾就消失了。

7. "The Chinese have already begun coming, " he said. "They covet our land. It seems there's no space for people there. "
   他說：「中國人已經來了，他們垂涎我們的土地，似乎他們自己的國家已經沒有多少空間了。」

8. envy, begrudge, covet These verbs mean to feel resentful or painful desire for another's advantages or possessions.
   這些動詞都具有對他人的優點和所有物懷有憎惡或痛苦的渴望這一含義。