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Enviable Things People 英 Enviəbl] 美 Enviəbl Adj.令人欣羡的;可羡慕的 White

英语单词 enviable
英美音标 英 ['enviəbl] 美 ['enviəbl]
中文释义 adj.令人欣羡的;可羡慕的
英语例句 (1) Your white skin is really enviable!
(2) Judged from a western perspective, China has an enviable problem.
(3) His acquaintances thought him enviable to have so charming a wife.
中文例句 (1) 你白润的皮肤真让人羡慕。
(2) 从西方人的观点看,中国面临的难题是令人羡慕的。
(3) 他的朋友们都羡慕他有一位如花似玉的太太。
vocabulary简明 Things that are enviable are so good that other people want them. People desire enviable things.
vocabulary扩展 Enviable things are so desirable that everybody wants them. A high-paying job is enviable. A vacation in the Caribbean is enviable. Winning the lottery is very enviable. Anytime someone does something impressive or buys something cool, it's likely to be described with the word enviable. Also, a sports team with a big lead could be described as being in an enviable position: other teams would like to be in their position.
柯林斯解释
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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。

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