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Nay more, there are some foolish rich covetous men, that take a pride, in having no children, because they may be thought so much the richer.

还有一些富人甚至以无子嗣为自豪。也许他们是担心，一旦有了子女就瓜分现有的财产吧。

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but saturn and mars, or saturn with mercury in the 7th, render men sordidly covetous.

而土星和火星或者土星合水星落在第七宫的人，吝啬小气。

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For thou art covetous and he is kind;

因为你贪得无厌，他心肠又软；

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And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

法利赛人是贪爱钱财的，他们听见这一切话，就嗤笑耶稣。

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If you have love or desire for that Rolls Royce you will become proud, possessive or covetous.

如果你对那部劳斯莱斯生起喜爱或渴望，你就会感到骄傲、有很强的占有欲或变得贪婪。

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A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

贪婪之徒,与世无益,尤害自身.

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Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.

人有野心，必成俘虏；人若贪婪，必是乞丐。

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But fables and legends and aspirations have a hold on the human mind.

但是,神话、传说和愿望是能影响人的思想的.

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He raised his head, with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.

他抬起头来，一对贪婪的眼光露出馋涎欲滴的神情。

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The United States Steel Corporation was casting covetous eyes at his company.

美国钢铁公司正向他的公司投去贪婪的目光。

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Now that you have a hold on your liquid assets, upgrade the rest of your grocery list by avoiding the13 Worst "healthy" Foods in the Supermarket.

现在你对你的流动资产有概念了，升级你的杂货单里的其他东西，避免超市中的13种最不健康食品。

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It is not money, as is sometimes said, but the love of money-the excessive, selfish, covetous love of money, that is the root of all evil.

全钱并非如人们有时所说的那样是万恶之源。对金钱的追求一过度的、自私的、贪婪的追求，才是真正的根源。

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More silent than my shadow, I pass through the loftily covetous multitude.

我比自己的影子更寂静，穿过纷纷扰扰的贪婪。

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Yet, how to win the audiences attentions and gain their adherence are not only the constant focuses of rhetoric, but also covetous goals of every discursive practitioner.

但是，如何“争众赢宠”却不仅是西方修辞学关注的中心议题，也是包括王朔批评者在内的话语实践者孜孜以求的目标。

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She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.

她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车.

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Even here a red Lamborghini Diablo sports car attracts covetous stares.

即便在这儿，兰博基尼的红色迪亚博罗跑车也会招来垂涎的目光。

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Money laundering is a kind of crime which seeks covetous profits. The sole aim of money laundering is to make those who do illegal activities gain monetary profits generated from the crime.

洗钱是一种贪利性质的犯罪，其目的只有一个，那就是为了使那些从事非法活动的人享受到其犯罪为其带来的金钱收益。

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kf: how do you break through cravings for unhealthy food, because they really do have a hold on most of us! ?

KF：你怎样突破对不健康食物的渴望？因为这些食物确实对我们大多数人有着控制力。

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Confucius adviced: "If you are not covetous, even if there is a reward for stealing, no one would do it."

孔子说：“只要自身不贪，即使有奖赏，也不会有人去干偷窃的勾当。”

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Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的、都不能承受神的国。

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It's the first Jian of brother Badao! It makes people covetous.

这是拔刀兄第一剑吧！看得让人眼热的那把。

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A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.

贪心不足的人对他人无益，对自己最有害。

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In feeding the mind we ought to imitate gluttons and the covetous, who always fix their attention on what is still left.

喂养心灵当如饕餮之徒，又如贪婪之人，他们的注意力总在未得之物上面。

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for men shall be lovers of their own selves , covetous , boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

因为那时人要专顾自己，贪爱钱财，自夸，狂傲，谤讟，违背父母，忘恩负义，心不圣洁。

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He was never covetous before he met her; jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions; envious of their art collection.

在遇到她之前，他从不贪婪妄羡；嫉妒他的成功，垂涎于他的财产；羡慕他们的艺术收藏。

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After keying the Knicks victory over New Jersey, Lin was named the starter for the Utah game, a position he appears to have a hold on in the shot term, as Baron Davis, signed in December to play the position, lingers on the disabled list due to a herniated disk in his back.

在领导尼克斯队打败篮网队后，在对阵爵士队时，林被任命为首发队员，还给他安排一个他可以坚持一段时间的位置。因为，12月任命的后卫拜伦戴维斯由于椎间盘突出不能出赛。

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He wants to have a hold on you.

他想控制你。

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The guy is covetous of power.

那家伙很贪权.

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A poor man wants some things , a covetous man all things.

穷人需求不多,财迷想要一切.

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you don't just have your opinions. your opinions have a hold on you.

不要仅顾着你自己的想法，它们对你施加了一层禁锢。

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