covetousness
n. 贪婪;贪心;妄羡
同义词
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;