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covetousness

n. 妄羡;贪婪

妄羡;贪婪

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (WordNet)

covetousness
n 1: an envious eagerness to possess something
2: extreme greed for material wealth [synonym: {avarice},
{avariciousness}, {covetousness}, {cupidity}]
3: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [synonym: {avarice},
{greed}, {covetousness}, {rapacity}, {avaritia}]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Covetousness \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.]
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When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness.
--Shak.
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2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing
some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money;
-- in a bad sense.
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Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess
itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat.

Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Covetousness
a strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col.
3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 6:20). It
assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is
the mark of cold-hearted worldliness.

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