covet
音标：
美音：/ˈkʌvət/，英音：/ˈkʌvət/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
His method of isolating girls, pitting them against their friends for a spot in the coveted top boat, which could earn them attention from top colleges.
他隔离女孩的方法，让她们与她们的朋友在梦寐以求的顶级船上争夺一席之地，这可以为她们赢得顶尖大学的关注。
—Washington Post
It has an extraordinary amount of influence because members hand out coveted committee assignments.
它具有非凡的影响力，因为成员分发了令人垂涎的委员会任务。
—Washington Post
This is Monroe up close, the way the world covets her; Monroe is animating her body in small, sharp, emphatic ways.
这是梦露近距离，世界垂涎她的方式；梦露以小巧、锐利、强调的方式为她的身体注入活力。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
verb
wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
v. 贪求，觊觎；<正式>贪求，觊觎
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
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.
如果你觊觎某样东西，你就会急切地渴望别人拥有的东西。如果室外温度为 95 度且潮湿，您可能会发现自己垂涎邻居的空调。
长释义：
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.
如果贪心这个词听起来很熟悉，你会想到第十诫：“不可贪恋人的房屋，也不可贪恋人的妻子、男仆、婢女、牛、驴、任何属于你邻居的东西。”基本上这意味着你应该对你的电子产品感到满意，而不是在朋友得到更好的东西时嫉妒。
文学例句：
“You are hardly the first student to covet the diadem,” she said disdainfully.
“你不是第一个觊觎王冠的学生，”她不屑地说。
—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
That day and for several thereafter, the kapo got Jack assigned to a coveted indoor job in the camp machine shop so he would not have to march outside or do heavy labor.
那天和之后的好几天，卡波把杰克分配到了营地机械车间里一份梦寐以求的室内工作，这样他就不必在外面游行或做重体力活了。
—Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
This ring, she told me, drew coveting stares from women and made them inattentive to the children they guarded so jealously.
她告诉我，这枚戒指吸引了女性垂涎的目光，让她们对自己如此嫉妒地守护的孩子们漠不关心。
—The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
词源：
covet (v.)mid-13c., "to desire or wish for inordinately or without regard for the rights of others," from Old French coveitier "covet, desire, lust after" (12c., Modern French convoiter, influenced by con- words), probably ultimately from Latin cupiditas "passionate desire, eagerness, ambition," from cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity). From mid-14c. in a good sense, "desire or wish for eagerly, desire to obtain or possess." Related: Coveted; coveting.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
covet (v.)mid-13c.，“过度地渴望或希望或不考虑他人的权利”，源自古法语 coveitier “covet, hope, lust after”（12c.，现代法语 convoiter，受 convoiter 的影响） – 单词），可能最终来自拉丁语cupiditas “热情的渴望、热切、野心”，来自cupidus “非常渴望”，来自cupere “渴望、渴望”（见cupidity）。从 14 世纪中期开始。从好的意义上说，“渴望或渴望，渴望获得或拥有”。相关：梦寐以求的；觊觎.相关条目及更多
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