covetously
贪心地
常用释义
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基本释义
- adv. 贪心地；妄想地
例句
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1·The mantis focused too much on its prey and neglected a bird behind staring covetously at it.这只螳螂太专注在它的猎物上，它疏忽了有一只鸟在其身后，正虎视眈眈地注视着它。
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2·Furthermore, she never used her position to indulge in extravagances or covetously harm the emperor's concubines.更不曾以自己的地位，而奢侈浮华，或妒害嫔妃。
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3·In the modern time, the imperialist powers eyed China covetously. Once the time was ripe, they began to carve up China.近代，帝国主义列强对中国虎视耽耽。一旦时机成熟，他们就开始瓜分中国。
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4·It is a sign that what the public is eyeing covetously is no longer just the incomes of rich people but also their wealth.它标志着，公众的眼光不再只盯着富人的收入，还盯着他们的财产。
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5·A wide, drooling toothless grin split his flat face, and two yellow-red reptilian eyes stared covetously from his immense head.他那单调的脸上长着一张宽大的、淌着口水的、没牙齿的大嘴，两只橘黄色的爬行动物眼睛从巨大的脑袋上贪婪地注视着周围。
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6·He put a preoccupation with the opportunity to speak, like a bandit squatting on roadside, ready covetously to a highway robbery.他是一个全神贯注寻找发言机会的人，就像一个蹲在路边虎视眈眈准备拦路抢劫的强盗一样。
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7·Many masters who represented their own faction, covetously eyed on this position to show actual strength, including his apprentice Ma San.很多宗师都想代表自己的门派，虎视眈眈地盯着这个展示实力的位置，包括他的徒弟马三。
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8·But we've been out for a drink a couple of times and it isn't too awkward; we talk about work and music and I try not to look too covetously at the perfect planes of his face.但我们一起出去喝过几次酒，而且并不是很尴尬，我们谈工作，谈音乐，我还尽量不那么贪婪地看他你张尽善尽美的脸。
同义词
adv.
贪心地；妄想地
同根词
词根：
covetous
covetous
adj
贪婪的；贪求的；渴望的
covetousness
n
贪婪；贪心；妄羡