envy

英 ['envi] 美 ['envi]

• v. 羡慕；妒忌
• n. 羡慕；(妒忌的)对象

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]妒忌; 羡慕

   feeling of discontent caused by sb else's good fortune or success

v. (动词)

1. vt. 羡慕,妒忌

   feel envy of; admire

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 羡慕，艳羡
2. 忌妒，妒忌，眼红
3. 显示出羡慕
4. 感到妒忌

n. 名词

1. 羡慕
2. 羡慕的对象，羡慕的东西，羡慕的目标
3. 忌妒，妒忌，眼红
4. 妒忌的对象
5. 羡慕的心情，艳羡之心
6. <废>恶意，怨恨

英英释义

Noun:

1. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

2. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Verb:

1. feel envious towards; admire enviously

2. be envious of; set one's heart on

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. They envy him his good fortune.
   他们羡慕他的好运气。
2. I envy her ability to dance in front of a crowd.
   她在众人面前所展现的的舞技令我羡慕不已。
3. Don't envy anyone who lives better than you.
   不要妒忌比你日子过得好的任何人。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was filled with envy at my success.
   他对我的成功满怀羡慕。
2. His new house was the envy of all his friends.
   他的新居成了所有朋友羡慕的对象。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. His new house excited their envy.
   他们很羡慕他的新房子。
2. They were full of envy when they saw my new car.
   他们看了我的新汽车都非常羡慕。
3. I couldn't conceal my envy at his success.
   我掩饰不住对他成就的嫉妒。
4. They say such scandalous things about you out of envy.
   他们这样毁谤你是出于妒忌。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. How I envy you; I wish I could make my hair curl like that.
   我太羡慕你了,真希望我也能把头发卷成那样。
2. I quite envy these lively happy children.
   我真羡慕这些活泼幸福的孩子。
3. She has got a well-paid job.I really envy her.
   她找到一份薪水很高的工作。我真的羡慕她。
4. I envy your good fortune.
   我羡慕你的好运。
5. Nobody envies his reputation.
   谁也不嫉妒他的名气。
6. He envied your trip to Greece.
   他羡慕你能够到希腊去旅行。
7. I envy your ability to master several languages.
   我羡慕你能掌握数种语言。
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8. Better be envied than pitied.
   宁可让人妒忌,不可让人怜悯。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. I envy you your health.
   我羡慕你健康的身体。
2. We all envied him his knowledge.
   我们都羡慕他的学问。
3. He will have a chance of visiting Guilin. We all envy him his good fortune.
   他将有机会访问桂林,我们都很羡慕他的好运。
4. I don't envy you your journey in this bad weather.
   我并不羡慕你在这样恶劣的天气里旅行。
5. Some countries envy us our rapid development of light industry.
   有些国家羡慕我国轻工业的飞速发展。
6. He had never envied the rich their luxurious life.
   他从不羡慕富人过的那种豪华奢侈的生活。
7. I don't envy him the task.
   我不羡慕他这份工作。
8. I do not envy you the responsibilities you have undertaken.
   我幸而没有担负你那样的责任。
9. I don't envy him his bad-tempered wife.
   我幸亏没有他那样脾气暴躁的老婆。

经典引文

• I noticed with envy that her legs were delicately tanned.

  出自： E. O

• Daintry also envied him his wife; she was so rich, so decorative.

  出自： G. Greene

• His many friends..envied his popularity.

  出自： C. Jackson

• She wished she had a dog..and envied two young men with a small mongrel.

  出自： B. Pym

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

the envy of

令人嫉妒〔羡慕〕的人〔事物〕sb/sth that causes sb to feel envy

用作动词 (v.)

envy at (v.+prep.)

在…方面羡慕 feel envy in some field
envy at v-ing
Someone envied at your learning English so easily.

有些人羡慕你学英语这样不费力。
They envied at her breaking the record of 100-metre race.

他们羡慕她打破了百米赛跑的记录。
Some countries envied at our relying mainly on our own efforts in building our country.

有些国家妒忌我们自力更生地建设我们的国家。

envy for (v.+prep.)

羡慕(某人)成功做(某事) envy at sb's success in doing sth
envy sb for sth/v-ing
They envied him for learning so easily.

他们羡慕他学起来那么轻松。
He was envied for his success.

他的成功受到了别人的妒忌。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• arouse〔excite〕 envy 引起嫉妒〔羡慕〕
• feel envy 感到妒忌

介词+～

• in〔with〕 envy 嫉妒
• out of envy 出于嫉妒

～+介词

• envy at〔of, towards〕 嫉妒…

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• envy sb's fortune 羡慕某人的好运
• envy journey 羡慕旅行
• envy sb's new house 羡慕某人的新居
• envy rich persons 忌妒〔羡慕〕有钱的人

～+副词

• envy bitterly 辛酸地忌妒
• envy jealously 忌妒地羡慕
• envy malignantly 恶意地忌妒
• envy painfully 痛苦地忌妒
• envy privately 私下里忌妒
• envy secretly 暗地里羡慕
• envy sincerely 衷心地羡慕
• envy vilely 讨厌地忌妒

～+介词

• envy at sb's success 羡慕某人的成功
• envy others for their success 羡慕他人的成功

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. envy的基本意思是“羡慕”,指羡慕别人的好运气或好境况,有时表示由此产生不快或不满,强调“想要而得不到”。
2. envy和否定词连用时,常表示一种温和的惋惜、同情,也常表示庆幸自己未曾遭遇到对方那样的麻烦或不幸。
3. envy作及物动词时,意思是“忌妒,羡慕”,后可接简单宾语、双宾语,也可以在宾语后接for加动名词等结构,但不能接从句。
4. envy间或用作不及物动词,后接at加名词或动名词,意思是“感到羡慕”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

envy, admire

• 这两个词都可译为“羡慕”,但含义并不相同：envy不仅含有“羡慕别人所拥有的东西或品质”的意思,而且进一步有“我也要拥有”的含义。例如：
• 真羡慕你!我多希望能有那么一头卷发!
• ［误］ How I admire you!I wish I could make my hair curl like that.
• ［正］ How I envy you! I wish I could make my hair curl like that.
• 本句所羡慕的只是那一头卷发,并不见得钦佩那个有一头卷发的人,而且明确表示“希望能有”,故用envy。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的envie，意为嫉妒，恶意地看。

近反义词

【近义词】

• jealousy

【反义词】

• satisfaction 满意
• satisfy 使满意
• gratify 使满足
• gratification 满足