| 单词 | covetous |
| 释义 | cov·e·tous a. < it's on your account that he's been so particular about money of late, he was never covetous before — G.B.Shaw > b. < a man covetous of honors > c. < throwing covetous eyes out of their forests on the fields and vineyards of their neighbors — J.A.Froude > Synonyms: < France, jealous as it was of his greatness and covetous of his Gascon possessions — J.R.Green > < first settlers brought fine hunting dogs … of which the Indians were so covetous that a day was set each year when settlers traded dogs — American Guide Series: Virginia > greedy stresses lack of restraint < a child greedy for candy > < with eyes by the gold lust blinded, with the greedy griping hand — William Morris > < he loved learning; he was greedy of all writings and sciences — G.G.Coulton > acquisitive implies not only eagerness to possess but aptitude for acquiring and retaining < one of those strenuous, acquisitive women — E.A.Weeks > < our present acquisitive society, in which our craving for material things seems never to be satisfied — R.E.Baber > grasping always implies an unashamed selfishness in acquiring, usually by any quick means < a grasping old miser > < grasping commercialism — George Nobbe > avaricious implies eagerness and the capacity for indiscriminate acquisition befitting a grasping person and strongly suggests stinginess < an avaricious black-market profiteer > < dust and ashes, and fiery lava are sufficient to satisfy the most avaricious thrill seeker — E.B.Branson & W.A.Tarr > < the avaricious old man lived in squalor, keeping his money hidden in odd places around his house > |
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