(adj.) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; 'he was never covetous before he met her'; 'jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions'; 'envious of their art collection' .
贾尔斯录入
双语例句
I am covetous, and love good bargains. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
They were covetous, but they were afraid of the Carthaginian sea-power. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The same may be said of the passionate element:--the desires of the ambitious soul, as well as of the covetous, have an inferior satisfaction. 柏拉图.理想国.
Ill-treating the boys, you covetous, avaricious, in-sa-ti-a-ble old fence? 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
But I would not wish to be deemed covetous, and I would rather leave it to you, Mr Boffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Further, the very faculty which is the instrument of judgment is not possessed by the covetous or ambitious man, but only by the philosopher? 柏拉图.理想国.
I never _was_ covetous, Jane, she replied; but I have six children and have buried three, and I didn't marry into money. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
He is vain, Isaac, and he is covetous; at least he needs money to supply his profusion. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.