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covet

英 ['kʌvɪt] 美 ['kʌvət]

这里集中整理“covet”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。

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词汇关系

近义词 desireenvycravelustwant

词义详解

  • vt. 垂涎;觊觎
  • vi. 垂涎;觊觎

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第三人称单数: covets;过去式: coveted;过去分词: coveted;现在分词: coveting;

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音:渴望它

cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity) => covet.

中文词源


covet 贪求

来自拉丁词cupio, 渴求,词源同Cupid, cupidity, hope.

英文词源


covet
covet: [13] Covetousness and cupidity are very closely related, etymologically as well as semantically. Covet comes via Old French coveitier from Vulgar Latin *cupiditāre, a verb derived from the Latin noun cupiditās (from which English gets cupidity). Its ultimate source is the Latin verb cupere ‘desire’.
=> cupidity
covet (v.)
mid-13c., 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). Related: Coveted; coveting.

双语例句


1. It's a sin to covet.
贪得无厌是一种罪恶.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. We do not covet anything from any nation.
我们不觊觎任何国家的任何东西.

来自辞典例句

3. Covet not a gold - threaded robe. Cherish only your young days !
劝君莫惜金缕衣,劝 君惜 取少年时.

来自互联网

4. Many large companies covet these low - cost acquisition of troubled small companies.
许多大公司都觊觎低价收购这些陷入困境的小公司.

来自互联网

5. Jingqiu Li has the kind of programming skills employers covet.
李景秋有着雇主所垂涎的编程技能.

来自互联网

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