covetousness
طمعکاری
تلفظ:
معنی و تعریف
۱.
اسم
تعریف:
حرص و آز مذموم؛ میل سیریناپذیر به ثروت (شخصیتیافته به عنوان یکی از گناهان کبیره)
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
مثالها:
- His covetousness led him to betray his closest friends for a share of the inheritance.
- The company's covetousness for market dominance resulted in unethical business practices.
۲.
اسم
تعریف:
حرص شدید برای ثروت مادی
extreme greed for material wealth
مترادفها:
مثالها:
- His covetousness led him to betray his closest friends for a share of the inheritance.
- The company's covetousness for market dominance resulted in unethical business practices.
۳.
اسم
تعریف:
اشتیاق حسادتآمیز برای داشتن چیزی
an envious eagerness to possess something
مثالها:
- His covetousness for his neighbor's new car made him bitter and resentful.
- The company's covetousness for market dominance led to unethical business practices.