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coveted

/kuhv-i-tid/US // ˈkʌv ɪ tɪd //

觊觎的,梦寐以求的,觊觎,梦寐以求

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : wrongfully or inordinately desired:Pizarro led a party of conquistadores in an attempt to discover El Dorado—the source of the coveted gold of the Incas.
    • : highly or eagerly wished for:The Green Building Council's gold certification is a coveted prize for sustainable building design.

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Examples

  • Connoisseurs of the 007 movies will covet “The Lost Adventures of James Bond” by Mark Edlitz, a substantial, illustrated volume that covers “unrealized, out-of-print, or largely forgotten Bond tales.”

  • In Supreme, which VF thinks it can build from $500 million a year in revenues into a billion-dollar business within a few years, VF is getting a brand that enjoys a cult following among the younger customers it covets.

  • Washington has long coveted Kendrick, who is 37 and considering retirement.

  • At one point, Eddie got a drum set, which his older brother coveted.

  • “These home goods are being coveted in the way that sneakers and clothes were being coveted,” he said.

  • But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.

  • “The district appeared to have lost its coveted title,” it reads.

  • Its premiere episode attracted 2.2 million viewers and 1.6 demo in the coveted 18-49 age demographic.

  • The 30-something heroine glamorized the metropolis and its coveted name brands, Arora says.

  • The 69-year-old Modiano is well known, even celebrated, in France, where he has previously been awarded the coveted Prix Goncourt.

  • They know where to find the coveted knowledge, but they do not possess it or retain it in their minds.

  • After eighteen years of railway life, at the age of 34, I had attained the coveted position of a general manager.

  • Her mother pressed the coveted treasure to her bosom with maternal love, more calm, and deep, and enduring.

  • Amongst others, the free inhabitants of Eboracum and Verulamium enjoyed the coveted rights of Roman citizenship.

  • But what they coveted most of all were those mysterious articles whose meaning and use they could make nothing of.