covetous

[US]/'kʌvɪtəs/
[UK]/'kʌvətəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 貪婪的,垂涎的

Example Sentences

she fingered the linen with covetous hands.

她很羨慕地撫摸着那塊亞麻布。

covetous of his neighbor's possessions;

垂涎鄰居的財產;

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

貪婪之徒,與世無益,尤害自身。

She is envious of Jane’s good looks and covetous of her car.

她既忌妒簡的美貌又垂涎她的汽車。

A poor man wants some things,a covetous man all things.

窮人需求不多,財迷想要一切。

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

因爲你們確實的知道、無論是淫亂的、是污穢的、有貪心的、在基督和神的國裏、都是無分的.有貪心的、就與拜偶像的一樣。

Eph 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

弗5:5因爲你們確實的知道,無論是淫亂的,是污穢的,是有貪心的,在基督和神的國裏都是無分的。有貪心的,就與拜偶像的一樣。

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