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covet v.觊觎；垂涎；贪图 (1) 艾波比先生不觊觎权力。(2) 我们不觊觎任何国家的任何东西。(3) 不是自己的东西就不要妄想，即使是偷一根针也是一种罪过。(4) 他认为贪图他人的财物是有罪的。(5) 你不可贪恋邻舍的财物。 If the word covet sounds familiar, you're thinking of the Tenth Commandment: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's." Basically this means you should be happy with your electronic gadgets and not be jealous when a friend gets something better.

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英 ['kʌvət] 美 ['kʌvət] (1) Mr Appleby does not covet power.(2) We do not covet anything from any nation.(3) Never covet what is not yours, for it is a sin to steal a pin.(4) He thinks it's a sin to covet other's properties.(5) You shall not covet the neighbor's goods. If you covet something, you eagerly desire something that someone else has. If it's 95 degrees out and humid, you may find yourself coveting your neighbor's air conditioner. 1[VERB 动词]渴望；贪求；觊觎 If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense.她毫不隐讳地表示想得到他的工作，以至于他们之间说话都带着火药味。

英语单词	covet
英美音标	英 ['kʌvət] 美 ['kʌvət]
中文释义	v.觊觎；垂涎；贪图
英语例句	(1) Mr Appleby does not covet power. (2) We do not covet anything from any nation. (3) Never covet what is not yours, for it is a sin to steal a pin. (4) He thinks it's a sin to covet other's properties. (5) You shall not covet the neighbor's goods.
中文例句	(1) 艾波比先生不觊觎权力。 (2) 我们不觊觎任何国家的任何东西。 (3) 不是自己的东西就不要妄想，即使是偷一根针也是一种罪过。 (4) 他认为贪图他人的财物是有罪的。 (5) 你不可贪恋邻舍的财物。
vocabulary简明	If you covet something, you eagerly desire something that someone else has. If it's 95 degrees out and humid, you may find yourself coveting your neighbor's air conditioner.
vocabulary扩展	If the word covet sounds familiar, you're thinking of the Tenth Commandment: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's." Basically this means you should be happy with your electronic gadgets and not be jealous when a friend gets something better.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]渴望；贪求；觊觎 If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense. 她毫不隐讳地表示想得到他的工作，以至于他们之间说话都带着火药味。

Covet Neighbor's Thy Sin Shalt 英 Kʌvət] 美 Kʌvət