释义
[ kuhv -it ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkʌv ɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
to wish for, especially eagerly: He won the prize they all coveted.
verb (used without object) to have an inordinate or wrongful desire.
Origin of covet First recorded in 1325–1350; Middle English coveiten, from Anglo-French coveiter, Old French coveit(i)er, from unattested Vulgar Latin cupiditāre, verbal derivative of Latin cupiditās cupidity
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synonym study for covet 1 . See envy.
OTHER WORDS FROM covet cov·et·a·ble, adjective cov·et·er, noun cov·et·ing·ly, adverb un·cov·et·ed, adjective
un·cov·et·ing, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for covet The label has gained an especially impressive footing in markets that covet its strong American appeal.
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I ask if he thinks Christie should run for president, an office that McGreevey himself was once widely assumed to covet .
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They are not merely trying to stir up desire—to covet , to shop, to consume.
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They have no legal liability for what happens in Chinese factories that covet its manufacturing business.
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But for most who of those want to be a CEO or covet an IPO, getting a BA or BS is mandatory.
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He began to covet this girl mightily, even while he told himself that he was a fool for his pains.
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But I will admit that I have, in a few instances, felt inclined to covet my neighbor's child.
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To see a cloth was to covet it, and it was not long before Ezekiel Bailey had a considerable business.
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St. Paul indicates one he found when he says: "I had not known covet ing, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet ."
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But now, now that this was altered, was there good cause why he should not covet her now?
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British Dictionary definitions for covet verb -vets , -veting or -veted (tr) to wish, long, or crave for (something, esp the property of another person)
Derived forms of covet covetable , adjective coveter , noun Word Origin for covet C13: from Old French coveitier, from coveitié eager desire, ultimately from Latin cupiditā cupidity
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Words related to covet crave, envy, lust after, choose, fancy, want, begrudge, wish for, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, spoil for