贪求

[tān qiú]

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Definition:
AllAll,hanker afterhanker after,covetcovet,LustLust,be greedy forbe greedy for
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1.
Observers of the first series said the audience was at once fascinated and repulsed by the show's naked avarice.
第一套系列节目的观察员表示，观众一度被节目对财富赤裸裸的贪求所吸引，继而产生了反感。
dì yī tào xì liè jié mù de guān chá yuán biǎo shì , guān zhòng yí dù bèi jié mù duì cái fù chì luǒ luǒ de tān qiú suǒ xī yǐn , jì ér chǎn shēng le fǎn gǎn 。
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2.
I had no room for desire, except it was of things which I had not, and they were but trifles, though indeed of great use to me.
我心里已经没有贪求之念，除了少数我缺乏的东西；这些东西虽然对我有用，然而都是微不足道的东西。
wǒ xīn li yǐ jīng méi yǒu tān qiú zhī niàn , chú le shǎo shù wǒ quē fá de dōng xi ; zhè xiē dōng xi suī rán duì wǒ yǒu yòng , rán ér dōu shì wēi bù zú dào de dōng xi 。
3.
He came back, and there was a greedy look in his eyes now which ought to have alarmed her, but did not.
彼得回来了，眼睛里露出贪求的神情，这本来是应该使温迪感到惊骇的，可是她并没有惊骇。
bǐ děi huí lái le , yǎn jing lǐ lù chū tān qiú de shén qíng , zhè běn lái shì yīng gāi shǐ wēn dí gǎn dào jīng hài de , kě shì tā bìng méi yǒu jīng hài 。
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4.
If I covet any place on earth but the dust at the foot of the Cross, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
若我会贪求世上任何一个地方，除了十字架底下的一片尘土，那我就还是丝毫不懂加略山的爱。
ruò wǒ huì tān qiú shì shàng rèn hé yī gè dì fāng , chú le shí zì jià dǐ xia de yī piàn chén tǔ , nà wǒ jiù hái shì sī háo bù dǒng jiā lüè shān de ài 。
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5.
Washington was discretion itself in the use of speech, never taking advantage of an opponent, or seeking a short-lived triumph in a debate.
华盛顿措辞非常谨慎，在辩论中从不欺骗他的对手，也不贪求一时的胜利。
huá shèng dùn cuò cí fēi cháng jǐn shèn , zài biàn lùn zhōng cóng bù qī piàn tā de duì shǒu , yě bù tān qiú yì shí de shèng lì 。
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6.
The popular Arab belief that Americans fervently covet their land could not be more wrong; on all sides, they long to be shot of Iraq.
阿拉伯人流行的观点认为美国人热烈地贪求他们的土地该是错到家了；从各方面而言，他们渴望可以不费什么力得到伊拉克。
ā lā bó rén liú xíng de guān diǎn rèn wéi měi guó rén rè liè de tān qiú tā men de tǔ dì gāi shì cuò dào jiā le ; cóng gè fāng miàn ér yán , tā men kě wàng kě yǐ bù fèi shén me lì dé dào yī lā kè 。
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7.
What goes for crude oil also applies to the stuff squeezed out of vegetable matter.
人们对原油的贪求目光同样落在了植物性物质所压榨出的东西身上。
rén men duì yuán yóu de tān qiú mù guāng tóng yàng luò zài le zhí wù xìng wù zhì suǒ yā zhà chū de dōng xi shēn shàng 。
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8.
He doesn't want you to worry about or covet abilities that you don't have.
不愿你忧虑，不愿你贪求你没有的能力。
bú yuàn nǐ yōu lǜ , bú yuàn nǐ tān qiú nǐ méi yǒu de néng lì 。
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9.
By the time they do, even the murderer, we know, will be signing release forms and hungrily securing his 15 minutes of fame.
当他们这样做时，我们知道，即使是杀手也将签署释放表格，以贪求其在新闻媒体上的大出风头。
dāng tā men zhè yàng zuò shí , wǒ men zhī dào , jí shǐ shì shā shǒu yě jiāng qiān shǔ shì fàng biǎo gé , yǐ tān qiú qí zài xīn wén méi tǐ shàng de dà chū fēng tou 。
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10.
Equally dispensable is the lust for stuff that governed so much of the life they left.
同样地对物欲的贪求也可有可无，以至于在生活中管理得整整有条。
tóng yàng de duì wù yù de tān qiú yě kě yǒu kě wú , yǐ zhì yú zài shēng huó zhōng guǎn lǐ de zhěng zhěng yǒu tiáo 。
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