covetous

adj.

1. 贪求的；垂涎的
   having a strong desire for the things that other people have

1. ADJ-GRADED (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.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. He raised his head, with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.
   他抬起头来，一对贪婪的眼光露出馋涎欲滴的神情。
3. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
   法利赛人是贪爱钱财的，他们听见这一切话，就嗤笑耶稣。
4. Tom Smith is famous for winning the covetous gold horse trophy last year before suffering a serious head injury in a fall.
   去年汤姆因先是获贪心的金马奖而后又在一次坠马中头部严重受伤而名声大噪。
5. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy
   因为那时人要专顾自己，贪爱钱财，自夸，狂傲，谤讟，违背父母，忘恩负义，心不圣洁
6. Nay more, there are some foolish rich covetous men, that take a pride, in having no children, because they may be thought so much the richer.
   还有一些富人甚至以无子嗣为自豪。也许他们是担心，一旦有了子女就瓜分现有的财产吧。
7. Yet, how to win the audiences attentions and gain their adherence are not only the constant focuses of rhetoric, but also covetous goals of every discursive practitioner.
   但是，如何“争众赢宠”却不仅是西方修辞学关注的中心议题，也是包括王朔批评者在内的话语实践者孜孜以求的目标。
8. It is not money, as is sometimes said, but the love of money-the excessive, selfish, covetous love of money, that is the root of all evil.
   全钱并非如人们有时所说的那样是万恶之源。对金钱的追求一过度的、自私的、贪婪的追求，才是真正的根源。
9. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
   偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的、都不能承受神的国。
10. The two boxers cast covetous eyes on each other.
    两位拳击手虎视眈眈地对视着。
11. Confucius adviced: "If you are not covetous, even if there is a reward for stealing, no one would do it."
    孔子说：“只要自身不贪，即使有奖赏，也不会有人去干偷窃的勾当。”
12. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
    贪婪之人不擅长于任何事只是贬损了自己。
13. If you have love or desire for that Rolls Royce you will become proud, possessive or covetous.
    如果你对那部劳斯莱斯生起喜爱或渴望，你就会感到骄傲、有很强的占有欲或变得贪婪。
14. He was casting covetous eyes at the company.
    他对该公司垂涎三尺。
15. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!
    喔！但他是一个吝啬的人，手有如研磨机。司克洛奇！一个奸诈、夺掠、攫取、杂碎、善于支配、贪婪的老坏蛋！
16. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
    不因酒滋事，不打人，只要温和，不争竞，不贪财。
17. Don't be covetous of another person's property.
    对他人的财产不要觊觎的。
18. He was never covetous before he met her; jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions; envious of their art collection.
    在遇到她之前，他从不贪婪妄羡；嫉妒他的成功，垂涎于他的财产；羡慕他们的艺术收藏。
19. Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.
    人有野心，必成俘虏；人若贪婪，必是乞丐。
20. The United States Steel Corporation was casting covetous eyes at his company.
    美国钢铁公司正向他的公司投去贪婪的目光。
21. A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.
    贪心不足的人对他人无益，对自己最有害。
22. In feeding the mind we ought to imitate gluttons and the covetous, who always fix their attention on what is still left.
    喂养心灵当如饕餮之徒，又如贪婪之人，他们的注意力总在未得之物上面。
23. ( British informal) cross-eyed. The two boxers cast covetous eyes on each other.
    （英国非正式用法）斜视的、对视的。两位拳击手虎视眈眈地对视着。
24. It's the first Jian of brother Badao! It makes people covetous.
    这是拔刀兄第一剑吧！看得让人眼热的那把。
25. More silent than my shadow, I pass through the loftily covetous multitude.
    我比自己的影子更寂静，穿过纷纷扰扰的贪婪。
26. Meanwhile, foreign beer tycoons cast covetous eyes on China's market and have been entering China's market by investing directly or buying shares of some domestic leading beer manufacturers.
    同时国外啤酒巨头对中国市场虎视眈眈，纷纷通过投资设厂或参股国内领先企业的方式进入中国。
27. Money laundering is a kind of crime which seeks covetous profits. The sole aim of money laundering is to make those who do illegal activities gain monetary profits generated from the crime.
    洗钱是一种贪利性质的犯罪，其目的只有一个，那就是为了使那些从事非法活动的人享受到其犯罪为其带来的金钱收益。

adj

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
   1. they are avaricious and will do anything for money
   2. casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
   3. a grasping old miser
   4. grasping commercialism
   5. greedy for money and power
   6. grew richer and greedier
   7. prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

   Synonym:    avariciousgrabbygraspinggreedyprehensile

2. showing extreme cupidity
   1. he was never covetous before he met her
   2. jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
   3. envious of their art collection

   Synonym:    enviousjealous