covetousness

• 名词，指贪图他人所有、渴望占有财物或利益的强烈欲望，尤指对物质财富的过度贪求；在宗教语境中也可人格化为一种罪（贪财）。

A noun referring to an envious eagerness to possess something, extreme greed for material wealth, or reprehensible acquisitiveness; it is also personified as one of the deadly sins.

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1. Envious desireC1formal

   An intense and envious longing to possess something that belongs to another person.

   贪婪的欲望

   • His covetousness for his neighbor's new car was obvious.
   • She looked at the jewelry with undisguised covetousness.
   • Covetousness can destroy friendships and relationships.

   同义词avaricecupidityenvygreedjealousy

2. Extreme greedC1formal

   An excessive and insatiable desire for material wealth or possessions.

   贪婪

   • The billionaire's covetousness led him to exploit others.
   • Covetousness for money often leads to unethical decisions.
   • History is full of rulers whose covetousness caused wars.

   同义词acquisitivenessavariceaviditycupiditygreedrapacity

   反义词bountygenerosityliberality

3. C2formal

   In Christian theology, the reprehensible and insatiable desire for wealth, personified as one of the seven deadly sins.

   贪财

   • In medieval morality plays, Covetousness is often depicted as a greedy old man.
   • The preacher warned against the sin of covetousness.
   • Covetousness is considered a root of many other evils.

   同义词avaricecupiditygreed