covetousness

• n. 贪婪；贪心；妄羡

英英释义

covetousness[ 'kʌvitəsnis ]

• n.
  • an envious eagerness to possess something
  • extreme greed for material wealth

    同义词：avariceavariciousnesscupidity

  • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    同义词：avaricegreedrapacityavaritia

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短语

Unbounded Covetousness规求无度

insatiable covetousness指求多而志在必得

Or Covetousness或贪婪

abstention from covetousness不贪欲

purify mind of covetousness彼于贪伺净除其心

Covetousness and cruelty destroy reputation饕戾败名

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双语例句

• On the otherhand,ifwecultivateasereneattitudeandthoughtsthatarefreefromcovetousnessandarefranklyhonestandhelpful,weshallcalloutthebestinother people.

  另一方面，如果我们培养出一种平静的态度和思想，这种思想是从贪婪中解放出来的，是很坦白地诚实和有用的，我们应该能够唤起其他人心里最好的思想。

• And hesaiduntothem,Takeheed, and beware ofcovetousness:foraman'slifeconsisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

  于是对众人说，你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心。因为人的生命，不在乎家道丰富。

• For the iniquityofhiscovetousnesswasIwroth,and smotehim:I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

  因他贪婪的罪孽，我就发怒击打他。我向他掩面发怒，他却仍然随心背道。

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权威例句

COVETOUSNESS
The sin of covetousness
Metamorphoses of Covetousness
COVETOUSNESS AND DESIRE: THE TENTH COMMANDMENT IN AFRICA
Of"Epistemic Covetousness"in Knowledge Economies [1]
Divine possession: Metaphysical covetousness in Decalogue Nine
On Taiwan's Geo-strategy from the Covetousness of America and Japan
Covetousness, ‘Unkyndenesse’, and the ‘Blered’ Eye in Piers Plowman and ‘The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale’
Phenomenological Distinctions: Two Types of Envy and Their Difference from Covetousness
Stages in the structuring of a desert: The Algerian Sahara between economic covetousness, political projects and land planning