covetousness

  • n.贪婪;贪心;妄羡
covetousnesscovetousness

noun

1
reprehensible acquisitiveness;insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonym: avarice greed rapacity avaritia
2
extreme greed for material wealth
Synonym: avarice avariciousness cupidity
3
an envious eagerness to possess something

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  1. Poverty want many thing , but covetousness all .

    贫穷可满足;欲望却难填

  2. In her fine black eyes he saw ambition , cunning and covetousness .

    在她美丽的黑眼睛中他看到了野心、狡猾和贪婪。

  3. Excessive desire , especially for wealth ; covetousness or avarice .

    贪欲过度的渴望,尤指对财富的贪求;贪婪或贪欲。

  4. On Taiwan 's Geo-strategy from the Covetousness of America and Japan

    由美日觊觎台湾看台湾的地缘战略

  5. He also says that covetousness is idolatry ( Colossians 3:5 ) .

    他还说贪婪就与拜偶像一样(以西结书3:5)。

  6. Covetousness is the root of all evil .

    贪婪是一切邪恶的根源。

  7. Watch and guard yourself from all covetousness , for no one 's life is in the abundance of his possessions .

    你们要当心,要自守,免去一切的贪婪;因为人的生命,不在于家业丰富。

  8. He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second : it was not horror , it was covetousness .

    他对我脸上一瞬间所流露的表情觉得惊愕:那表情不是恐怖,而是贪婪。

  9. As covetousness is the root of all evil , so poverty is the worst of all snares .

    正如贪婪是万恶之源一样,贫穷是最坏的陷阱。

  10. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness , evil , covetousness , malice .

    他们态度恶劣,充满邪念,攀比,恶毒。

  11. But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness , and upon shedding innocent blood , and upon oppression , and running after evil works .

    至于你,你的眼和心,只顾私利,只知流无辜者的血,施行欺压和勒索。

  12. 5 for neither were we found at any time with flattering speech , even as you know , nor with a pretext for covetousness ; god is witness .

    帖前二5因为我们从来没有用过谄媚的话,就如你们所知道的;也没有藉掩饰而贪婪,这是神可以作见证的。

  13. Even so I tell you in truth that ye cannot serve God and the world for the world lieth in falsehood , covetousness , and malignity .

    因此我真实地告诉你们,你们不能同时侍奉安拉和世界,因为世界时虚假的,贪婪的,恶毒的。

  14. The Roman Catholic Church calls the following deadly sins : murder , lust , covetousness , gluttony , pride , envy and idleness .

    罗马天主教会将下列行为称为无赦之罪:谋杀、纵欲、贪婪、贪食、骄傲、嫉妒与懒惰。

  15. Pet . 2:3 And in covetousness , with fabricated words , they will make merchandise of you , for whom the judgment of old is not idle , and their destruction does not slumber .

    彼后二3他们因著贪婪,要用捏造的言语,在你们身上取利;他们的审判,自古以来就不松懈,他们的毁坏也必速速来到。

  16. Jesus responded with a stunning , counterintuitive statement : " Beware of covetousness , for one 's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses "( v.15 ) .

    耶稣的回应既令人震惊,又与世人的认知相反:「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」(15节)。

  17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth , and smote him : I hid me , and was wroth , and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart .

    因他贪婪的罪孽,我发怒了;我击打他,向他掩面,并且发怒,他仍然随着自己的心意背道。