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单词 over-covetous
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over-covetous
over-covetous adj.
Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkʌvᵻtəs/
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U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkəvədəs/
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1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 90 Ouer couetous was neuer good.
1661 Princess Cloria iii. 315 Have you got so much already from your King, that you go about now to lose that, and all you have in being over covetous?
1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage II. i. 17 She had ceased to regard such attempts on her money-bags as unmanly or over-covetous.
1990 Independent (Nexis) 21 July (Weekend section) 29 He was not over-covetous with material possessions, although he would hurl himself into new hobbies with a total disregard for cost.
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