新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

envy

英  [ˈenvi]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[U 不可数名词] 羡慕

    Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.

    双语例句

    例:

    Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.

    渐渐地他开始承认自己对母亲的羡慕。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 羡慕之处

    If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Their economy is the envy of the developing world.

    他们的经济令发展中国家羡慕。

    VERB. 动词
  • envies , envying , envied

    1[T 及物动词] 羡慕

    If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.

    双语例句

    例:

    I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world.

    我不羡慕那些成为电视超级明星而对其他一无所知的年轻人。

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