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covetous    
a. 妄羡的,乱要的,贪婪的

妄羡的,乱要的,贪婪的

covetous
adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's
advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her";
"jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";
"envious of their art collection" [synonym: {covetous},
{envious}, {jealous}]
2: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous
eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser";
"grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew
richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with
raises for their employees" [synonym: {avaricious}, {covetous},
{grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]

Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F.
convoiteux. See {Covet}, v. t.]
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
[Archaic]
[1913 Webster]

Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak.
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Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson.
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2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
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The covetous person lives as if the world were
madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
--South.

Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
See {Avaricious}.
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