covet

vt. desire渴望。
△Mac.4.3.127:“Scarcely havecoveted what was mine own，”即使属于我分内的东西我也从不贪求。
△H.V.4.3.28:“But if it be a sin to covethonour,/ I am the most offending soul alive.”但是如果贪图荣誉是一桩罪恶，那么我就是世上最有罪的人。
△R.III.3.7.162(163): “Than in my greatness covet to behid / And in the vapour of my glory smothered.”也不愿身处大位渴望躲藏而不得，以至在光荣的烟雾中窒息而死。
～ vi. desire 渴望。
△1H.VI.5.4.144:“I’ll rather keep / That which I have than,coveting for more,/Be cast from possibility of all.”我宁愿保持我现有的领土，也不愿由于贪多而失去了恢复全国领土的可能性。

covet[ˈkʌvit]

v.妄想，垂涎，渴望，觊觎
‖ covetable adj.值得渴望的
covetous adj.covetousness n.贪婪
covetly adv.贪婪地，渴望地