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单词 covet
释义
covet
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈkʌv.ɪt/us
/ˈkʌv.ət/
towantto have something very much,especiallysomething thatbelongsto someoneelse:
觊觎，垂涎（尤指他人之物）；贪求，渴望
She always covetedpowerbut neverquiteachievedit.她一直贪求权力，但从未得逞。
The Booker Prize is the most coveted Britishliteraryaward.布克奖是最令人向往的英国文学奖。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Envy and jealousy
  • all right
  • be green with envyidiom
  • covetable
  • covetous
  • covetously
  • covetousness
  • disgustingly
  • enviable
  • enviably
  • envious
  • enviously
  • enviousness
  • envy
  • green
  • grudge
  • jealous
  • jealously
  • jealousy
  • possessive
  • threatened
(Definition ofcovetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcovet

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The area has always been coveted by non-indigenous adventurers.
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Indeed, so great was the economic potential of these two districts that neighbouring states coveted them for themselves.
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By contrast, they were rejected by the tourism industry and coveted their low and marginal status.
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By contrast, these transmigrants coveted the relatively level land in the hill valleys and dislodged the groups living there-e. g.
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His recording then becomes coveted by those who seek to exploit the treasure for financial gain.
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A good person has a good will, which loves properly, and a bad one has a bad will, which covets.
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Our explanation of the decision to fight highlights the incentives that are present when the defender holds a valued asset coveted by the challenger.
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There is nothing more coveted by researchers than questions that intrigue, questions that generate intellectual excitement, questions that grab hold and simply will not let go.
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And in fact, even as resources, the forests were already part way towards 'enculturation', since they were coveted not as species-rich pools of biodiversity, but as land for cropping.
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Thou shalt notcovetthy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid.
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Our desire is to secure the best man we can get for the office, and to make it an office which shall be coveted.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theycovetno gain for themselves and have no thought of territorial expansion.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
European citizens are proud of this policy of solidarity and citizens of the developing worldcovetand need it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This was the first occasion on which we have had this special first-daycovetservice and the experience gained will be applied in the future.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a distinction he does notcovet.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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