covet
/ˈkʌvɪt/ 动词 C2中文： 贪求、贪图、渴望、垂涎
- To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
He/she/it covets · 过去式 coveted · 过去分词 coveted · -ing形式 coveting
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It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.”
As Villefort observes, it is a great act of folly to have left such a man between Corsica, where he was born, and Naples, of which his brother-in-law is king, and face to face with Italy, the sovereignty of which he coveted for his son.”
Caderousse made no reply to these words, though evidently irritated and annoyed by the interruption, but, addressing the abbé, said, “Can a man be faithful to another whose wife he covets and desires for himself?
“Yes; think you it was the poor servant’s life was coveted?
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