Covet

(verb.) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); 'She covets her sister's house'.

手打:兰斯洛特

• Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;' I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet--praise of their pupils' progress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I covet nothing, said Mr. Skimpole in the same light way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She is the only pearl I have, he said; and now others will find out that she is pure and of price: they will covet her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If he would but prove reliable, and he _looked_ reliable, what, beyond his friendship, could I ever covet? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But if the _Ingl閟_ must learn that odor that he covets to recognize he must go to the _matadero_ early in the morning. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I coveted a cake of bread. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They're yours, there--' And with trembling, excited hands she put the coveted stockings under Ursula's pillow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• This from me may appear to strangers like personal pique, but all who know me will acquit me of having ever, in my life, coveted the society of fools. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He finished it, was paid the stipulated sum, and immediately spent it in fresh experiments to find the coveted enamel. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Nay, there are few, very few, who would not affect pride in the possession of what their betters have coveted in vain! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And presently Dobbin had the opportunity which his heart coveted, and he got sight of Amelia's face once more. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The poor widow in the little cottage at Brompton, guarding her treasure there, little knew how eagerly some people coveted it. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

整理:弗娜