covetvt. desire渴望。 △Mac.4.3.127:“Scarcely havecoveted what was mine own,”即使屬于我分內(nèi)的東西我也從不貪求。 △H.V.4.3.28:“But if it be a sin to covethonour,/ I am the most offending soul alive.”但是如果貪圖榮譽(yù)是一樁罪惡,那么我就是世上最有罪的人。 △R.III.3.7.162(163): “Than in my greatness covet to behid / And in the vapour of my glory smothered.”也不愿身處大位渴望躲藏而不得,以至在光榮的煙霧中窒息而死。 ~ vi. desire 渴望。 △1H.VI.5.4.144:“I’ll rather keep / That which I have than,coveting for more,/Be cast from possibility of all.”我寧愿保持我現(xiàn)有的領(lǐng)土,也不愿由于貪多而失去了恢復(fù)全國領(lǐng)土的可能性。 covet[?k?vit]v.妄想,垂涎,渴望,覬覦 ‖ covetable adj.值得渴望的 covetous adj.covetousness n.貪婪 covetly adv.貪婪地,渴望地 |