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Envy 羡慕;忌妒 Thing Quality 例:I 英[ˈenvi 美[ˈɛnvi N.嫉妒,妒忌;羡慕;Vi.感到妒忌;显示出妒忌

单词 envy
音标
英[ˈenvi] 美[ˈɛnvi]
解释
n.嫉妒,妒忌;羡慕;vi.感到妒忌;显示出妒忌;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
羡慕;忌妒
Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.
例:Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother...渐渐地,他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。
例:They gazed in a mixture of envy and admiration at the beauty of the statue.他们心情复杂地凝视着这尊雕像,既为它的美丽折服又心生忌妒。

VERB
羡慕;忌妒
If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.
例:I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world...我不羡慕那些成为超级电视明星,对其他却一无所知的年轻人。
例:I have a rich brother and a lot of people envy the fact...我有个有钱的兄弟,很多人都因此羡慕我。

N-SING
羡慕的对象;令人忌妒的特征
If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.
例:Britain is now the envy of the world's record companies.英国现在是全世界唱片公司羡慕的对象。
例:...an economic expansion that was the envy of many other states.令很多其他国家羡慕的经济发展
变形
third:envies~done:envied~pl:envies~ing:envying~past:envied~

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