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形容词贬贪婪的，垂涎的; 狼贪虎视; 爱财; 馋

1. 贪婪的：covet 妄想 | covetous 贪婪的 | cow 威胁

2. 贪心的：conventional#传统的;习俗的 | covetous#贪心的 | cozy#舒适的

3. 妄羡的：妄absurdfantastic | 妄羡的covetous | 妄想chimaeraobsessiveness

4. 乱要的：covetlongfor 觊 | covetous 乱要的 | covetous 妄羡的

1. (尤指对他人物品)贪求的，垂涎的
A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.

e.g. Even here a red Lamborghini Diablo sports car attracts covetous stares.
即便在这儿，兰博基尼的红色迪亚博罗跑车也会招来垂涎的目光。

adj

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

e.g. they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
grew richer and greedier
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

Synonym: avariciousgrabbygraspinggreedyprehensile

2. showing extreme cupidity
painfully desirous of another's advantages

e.g. he was never covetous before he met her
jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
envious of their art collection

Synonym: enviousjealous