喜樂美語
  1. 1貪婪的；貪戀的（想佔有別人已有的東西）

    If a person is covetous, they have a very strong wish to own what someone else has. It describes the person, the look, or the heart, not the thing itself.

    If a person is covetous如果一個人是貪婪的 they have a very strong wish他們有非常強烈的慾望 to own what someone else has想擁有別人所擁有的東西 It describes the person, the look, or the heart這個詞形容的是人、眼神，或內心 not the thing itself而不是東西本身

    A covetous glance is the look you give when you are hungry for another person's thing.

    A covetous glance貪婪的一瞥 when you are hungry for another person's thing當你渴望別人的東西時 you give你所給出 is the look的就是那種眼神

    The word is formal and a little old-fashioned; in everyday talk people are more likely to say greedy, jealous, or just really want. Though actually, greedy is wider: a greedy person wants more and more, not only what is already somebody else's. Covetous keeps that sharper idea — their desire is aimed at another person's goods.

    The word is formal and a little old-fashioned這個詞很正式，而且有點過時 in everyday talk在日常對話裡 people are more likely to say greedy, jealous, or just really want人們比較常說greedy、jealous，或就只是說真的很想要 Though actually不過其實 greedy is widergreedy的範圍比較廣 a greedy person wants more and more貪心的人會想要越來越多 not only what is already somebody else's不只是別人已經擁有的東西 Covetous keeps that sharper ideaCovetous保留了那個更精確的意思 their desire is aimed at another person's goods他們的慾望針對的是另一個人的東西

    You meet it in stories, sermons, and serious writing more than in casual chat.

    You meet it你會遇到這個詞 in stories, sermons, and serious writing在故事、講道，和正式的寫作裡 more than in casual chat比在輕鬆聊天裡更常見

core核心畫面

組成From Middle English coveitous, from Latin cupiditas (desire); the adjective beside covet.

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原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

covetousadj/ˈkʌvətəs/

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    Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

    • The couaitous deſyre of riche men is euer vnſaciable. It always raueneth and neuer is ſatisfied.
    • Intimate as she was with Lady Anne, she would not but see how little the Misses Granard had of the ordinary pleasures of their age—but it never entered into her head to add to them—had one of their sweet faces been seen in her box at the opera, it might have attracted that attention she was feverishly covetous of engrossing.

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