covetousness中文什么意思

贪欲。

例句与用法

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1. O thou that dwellest upon many waters ， abundant in treasures ， thine end is come ， and the measure of thy covetousness
   13住在众水之上多有财宝的阿，你的结局到了。你贪婪之量满了。
2. O thou that dwellest upon many waters , abundant in treasures , thine end is come , and the measure of thy covetousness
   耶51 : 13住在众水之上多有财宝的阿、你的结局到了、你贪婪之量满了。
3. He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second : it was not horror , it was covetousness
   他对我脸上一瞬间所流露的表情觉得惊愕：那表情不是恐怖，而是贪婪。
4. The roman catholic church calls the following deadly sins : murder , lust , covetousness , gluttony , pride , envy and idleness
   罗马天主教会将下列行为称为无赦之罪：谋杀、纵欲、贪婪、贪食、骄傲、嫉妒与懒惰。
5. Truly it were an excusable covetousness if we did , for affliction is a treasure , and scarce any man hath enough of it
   的确，真的要这样做，也没有人会怪你贪得无餍，毕竟痛苦就像财宝，没有几个人会嫌其多多益善。

英文释义

名词

1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
   同义词：avarice, greed, rapacity, avaritia
2. extreme greed for material wealth
   同义词：avarice, avariciousness, cupidity
3. an envious eagerness to possess something