covetousness 

英汉解释

n. 贪婪；贪心；妄羡

同义词

n. avarice，avaritia，cupidity，greed

参考例句

1. Poverty wants many things, and covetousness [avarice] all.
穷人缺乏许多东西，财迷想要所有东西。
2. Truly it were an excusable covetousness if we did; for affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
就算我们真是这样去找寻他人忧愁，这也是个可以谅解的愿望，因为痛苦是个宝藏，而我们的痛苦远远不足。
3. Jesus said, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses" (Luke 12:15).
耶稣说：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富”（路加福音12：15）。

英英解释

n.
  1. an envious eagerness to possess something
  2. extreme greed for material wealth
  3. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

网络释义

covetousness
贪欲。; 贪婪; 贪心;
abstention from covetousness
不贪欲;
Covetousness is the root of all evil
贪婪是一切邪恶的根源;