1. 词义:covetous是一个形容词,意思是贪婪的、贪心的。它可以指对财富或者物品的贪欲,也可以指对权力或者名誉的贪求。
2. 词源:该词来自拉丁语中的“covet,” 意为贪心。其中“cove”在英语中的意思是“隐藏的地方”,“tous”则是表示“有大量的”之意。
3. 同义词:有一些与covetous意思相近的词汇,如:avaricious、greedy、rapacious、grasping、mercenary等。
4. 使用场景:该词通常出现在文学、、商业和等领域。例如在中,covetous通常被用来谴责贪欲和妄想,而在商业和中,它则经常用来指控有贪的行为。
5. 注意事项:尽管covetous通常被用来描述对物质财富的贪欲,但在某些情况下它也可以描述对其他方面的渴望,如对名誉的贪求,对知识的渴求等。
中英例句:
1. Covetousness is the root of all evil, according to the Bible. 《圣经》说贪心是万恶之源。
2. He has a covetous eye on her money. 他贪图她的钱。
3. Politicians who are covetous of power are often criticized for their actions. 贪图权力的家常常因自己的行为受到批评。
4. The company's covetous attitude toward profits has led to unethical business practices. 公司对利润的贪婪态度导致了不道德的商业行为。
5. The covetous woman demanded that her husband buy her expensive gifts. 这个贪心的女人要求她的丈夫给她买昂贵的礼物。
英文单词:covetous
中文翻译:贪婪的,贪心的
读音:[ˈkʌvɪtəs]
例句:
1. He had a covetous eye on her inheritance. (他对她的遗产虎视眈眈。)
2. The covetous creature grabbed everything in sight. (这只贪婪的生物抓住了视线中的一切。)
covetous通常被翻译为"贪心的、贪婪的"的意思,在日常中也代表"贪求的"的意思,在线发音:['kʌvitәs],covetous在英语中经常以形容词形式出现,在《荷林斯高阶英汉词典》中,共找到58个与covetous相关的例句。
Covetous的释义
1.贪心的
例句:When some troubles come to me, I'm only covetous of winning unconsciously, not to do it with incomparable patience. (稍微遇见一点儿事,不知不觉,世间的名利都出来了,只想贪图胜利,而不是用无比的忍耐去做。)
2.贪婪的
例句:All the states were covetous of the sovereign powers they had exercised since the breakaway from England 11 years earlier. (所有各州都想拥有11年前脱离英国后一直行使的。)
3.贪求的
例句:Therefore there was great enmity between this covetous Jew and the generous merchant Antonio. (因此,这个贪婪的犹太人就跟慷慨的商人安东尼奥结下了很深的仇恨。)
4.垂涎的 、贪求的
例句:Therefore there was great enmity between this covetous jew and the generous merchant antonio . (翻译:因此,这个贪婪的犹太人就跟慷慨的商人安东尼奥结下了很深的仇恨。)
例句
1. Therefore there was great enmity between this covetous Jew and the generous merchant Antonio. (翻译:因此,这个贪婪的犹太人就跟慷慨的商人安东尼奥结下了很深的仇恨。)
2. Therefore there was great enmity between this covetous jew and the generous merchant antonio . (翻译:因此,这个贪婪的犹太人就跟慷慨的商人安东尼奥结下了很深的仇恨。)
3. But everyone is exporting, too, with an especially covetous eye on China, especially if import restrictions lift. (翻译:但大家同时也都在出口影片,尤其觊觎中国市场;中国一旦放开进口限制,市场会更加诱人。)
4. But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. (翻译:然而罪趁着机会,就借着诫命叫诸般的贪心在我里头发动。因为没有律法罪是死的。)
5. The United States is the greatest country in the world because we accept a man is, at his core, greedy, selfish and covetous. (翻译:合众国是世界上最伟大的国家 因为我们接受一个人的本质核心 贪婪)
6. Even here a red Lamborghini Diablo sports car attracts covetous stares. (翻译:即便在这儿,一辆红色兰博基尼的迪亚波罗跑车也会招来垂涎的目光。)
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