- covetousness
- n. 贪婪；贪心；妄羡
参考例子
- 1.Poverty wants many things, and covetousness [avarice] all.
- 穷人缺乏许多东西，财迷想要所有东西。
- 2.Truly it were an excusable covetousness if we did; for affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
- 就算我们真是这样去找寻他人忧愁，这也是个可以谅解的愿望，因为痛苦是个宝藏，而我们的痛苦远远不足。
- 3.Jesus said, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses" (Luke 12:15).
- 耶稣说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富”（路加福音12：15）。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.an envious eagerness to possess something
- 2.extreme greed for material wealth
- 3.reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
网络释义
- covetousness
- 贪欲。; 贪婪; 贪心;
- abstention from covetousness
- 不贪欲;
- Covetousness is the root of all evil
- 贪婪是一切邪恶的根源;