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Enviable ˈenviəbl ˈenviəbli Position Adj En·Vi·Able Adjective Good

Enviable is an adjective meaning desirable or causing envy, used when someone else possesses something you wish you had.

Enviable 是一个形容词(能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰),意思是“令人羡慕的;引人嫉妒的”。当别人拥有某种特质或事物而你希望自己也拥有时,就可以用 enviable 来形容。

word enviable
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Collins
enviable ★☆☆☆☆
/e̱nviəb(ə)l/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人羡慕的;引人妒嫉的 You describe something such as a quality as enviable when someone else has it and you wish that you had it too.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • Japan is in the enviable position of having a budget surplus...

    日本的预算盈余令人羡慕。

  • They have enviable reputations as athletes.

    作为运动员,他们的声望令人羡慕。


Oxford en·vi·able / ˈenviəbl ; NAmE ˈenviəbl / adjective something that is enviableis the sort of thing that is good and that other people want to have too 令人羡慕的;引起忌妒的 He is in the enviable positionof having two job offers to choose from. 他有两份工作可选,真让人羡慕。 OPP
unenviable
en·vi·ably / ˈenviəbli ; NAmE ˈenviəbli / adverb an enviably mild climate 暖和得让人羡慕的气候
en·vi·able / ˈenviəbl ; NAmE ˈenviəbl / en·vi·ably / ˈenviəbli ; NAmE ˈenviəbli /
LDC
enviableen‧vi‧a‧ble /ˈenviəbəl/ adjective
Examples
Collocations
an enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it:  Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living.enviably adverb
WDF

enviable

[ˈenviəbl]

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ADJ17276
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Spoken:

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可羡慕的(63%),令人欣羡的(37%)
adj.值得羡慕的;引起忌妒的

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