英语词典 · 单词释义
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。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 垂涎；觊觎
- vi. 垂涎；觊觎
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: covets;过去式: coveted;过去分词: coveted;现在分词: coveting;
助记提示
音：渴望它
cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity) => covet.
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.
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