1 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. 羡慕;忌妒
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Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother. [+ towards]
渐渐地,他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。
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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。
SYN covetousness, spite, hatred, resentment
2 VERB 羡慕;忌妒 If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have. 羡慕;忌妒
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I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world. [VERB noun]
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。
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I have a rich brother and a lot of people envy the fact. [VERB noun]
我有个有钱的兄弟,很多人都因此羡慕我。
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He envied Caroline her peace. [VERB noun noun]
他羡慕卡罗琳的平和。
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'You must've seen the world by now,' said Frannie, 'I envy you that.' [VERB noun noun]
“现在你肯定已经大开眼界了,”弗兰尼说,“我真嫉妒你。”
SYN be jealous (of), resent, begrudge, be envious (of)
3 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. 羡慕的对象;令人忌妒的特征
4 green with envy→see: green
Quotations
Nothing sharpens sight like envy Thomas Fuller Gnomologia
Our envy always lasts much longer than the happiness of those we envy Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims
Even success softens not the heart of the envious Pindar Odes
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