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used to refer to something thatpeoplewantto have 令人十分渴望的,令人非常向往的SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEnvy and jealousy - all right
- be green with envyidiom
- covet
- covetous
- covetously
- covetousness
- disgustingly
- enviable
- enviably
- envious
- enviously
- enviousness
- envy
- green
- grudge
- jealous
- jealously
- jealousy
- possessive
- threatened
(Definition ofcovetablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- There is yet another copy of the same date, upon vellum, but with different illuminations: equally magnificent and covetable.
- This is really one of the most covetable little volumes in the world.
Examplesofcovetablecovetable Right away, he succeeded in making the skirt acovetableitem, showing several versions of paneled, knee-length styles with asymmetrical hems--all of them effortless.FromLos Angeles Times Apparently, this makes the apartments morecovetable.FromWIRED Eventually, a proper runway show began, featuringcovetablestreet wear staples, including oversized bombers, camo flak jackets, slouchy sweat shorts and tube dresses.FromHollywood Reporter But that's what makes it socovetable.FromNew York Post Apparently, this makes the apartments morecovetable.FromWIRED This woman, seen face to face, yes, she was beautiful, desirable,covetable.FromProject Gutenberg Here it seemed not only possible butcovetable.FromProject Gutenberg Adjacent to the old kitchen was abundant cellarage for the stowing of many and diversecovetablethings of the trading first lord's importation.FromProject Gutenberg He saw thiscovetablebeing now indifferent to him, out of his power to possess, likely soon to pass into the possession of another.FromProject Gutenberg No investments yield a morecovetabledividend than those made in gifts of public beneficence.FromProject Gutenberg The wicked civilian has comparatively little interest in overthrowing ecclesiastical authority; it is often a useful help to him, and presents in itself little which seemscovetable.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/covetable## |