- 1貪婪地;貪戀地
Covetously is the adverb: you look, stare, speak, or act in a covetous way — with a strong wish to have what someone else has. It tells you how the action is done. Someone may gaze covetously at a shop window, or talk covetously of a brother's success. It is not a common everyday word; it sounds , and many speakers would just say longingly, greedily, or with envy. Though actually, greedily can miss the target: greedily is about taking a lot, while covetously keeps the idea that the thing already belongs to someone else, or is out of reach and wanted as if it were.
core核心畫面
組成covetous + -ly.
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。
covetouslyadv
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In a covetous manner
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