covetousness

常见例句

The covetousness goes beyond metals and oil.
貪婪不止於金屬和石油。
He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second: it was not horror, it was covetousness.
他對我臉上一瞬間所流露的表情覺得驚愕：那表情不是恐怖，而是貪婪。
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And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
於是對衆人說，你們要謹慎自守，免去一切的貪心。因爲人的生命，不在乎家道豐富。

As politicians gain power by promising pork and stroking covetousness the inevitable demise of democracy becomes imminent.
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For the economy to thrive, it must channel greed, reward responsibility and cease encouraging covetousness or idleness.
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He merely appealed to our carnal nature and demonized Romney by ratcheting up covetousness sown into the nature of man.
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