Covet



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 贪求, 妄想
• ［英］ v. 贪求, 妄想 ( to want ardently )

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English coveiten, from Anglo-French coveiter, from Vulgar Latin *cupidietare, from Latin cupiditat-, cupiditas desire, from cupidus desirous, from cupere to desire
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to wish for earnestly <covet an award
  • 2. to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably
• intransitive verb
  • to feel inordinate desire for what belongs to another
• Synonyms: see desire
• ? covetable adjective
• ? coveter noun
• ? covetingly adverb

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