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小词详解 | covet
Western firms increasingly admire—and covet—Chinese technology.
西方公司越来越欣赏且觊觎中国的技术。
——《经济学人》And they couldn’t help coveting the apartment next door, a light-filled space with generous exposures on two sides and an owner who spent most of his time somewhere else.
他们俩情不自禁地对隔壁那套光线充足、两面有大露台的公寓充满觊觎,那套公寓的房主常年在外。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 渴望拥有或占有(某物)
她一直贪求否决权,但从未得逞。
She always coveted the power of veto but never quite achieved it.她赤裸裸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。
She coveted his job so blatantly that conversations between them were tense.
布克奖是最令人向往的英国文学奖。
The Booker Prize is the most coveted British literary award.
The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.
贪心者害人尤害己。
"You are hardly the first student to covet the diadem." she said disdainfully.
“你不是第一个垂涎冠冕的学生。”她轻蔑地说。
fancy: feel a desire or liking for desire: strongly wish for or want (something) crave: feel a powerful desire for (something)