| 词汇 | envious |
| 释义 | envious adjective uk /ˈen.vi.əs/ us /ˈen.vi.əs/ wishing you had what another person has: 羡慕的；忌妒的 envious ofI'm very envious of your new coat - it's beautiful.我真羡慕你有这么好的新外套——很漂亮。 Synonyms acquisitive(WANTING THINGS)formal often disapproving avariciousformal disapproving covetousformaldisapproving graspingdisapproving greedy(WANTING MORE)disapproving jealous(UNHAPPY) See also envyverb jealous jealousI'm so jealous that she's going to that concert! enviousShe was very envious of her brother's success. green with envyYou'll be green with envy when you meet her new boyfriend. possessiveShe has a wildly possessive boyfriend who doesn't like her even looking at other men. covetousShe's covetous of his gorgeous house. Envy and jealousy all right be green with envyidiom covet covetable covetous covetously disgustingly enviable enviably enviously enviousness envyingly green greenly grudge jealous jealously possessive possessively threatened Related wordsenviously enviousness envious | American Dictionaryenvious adjective us/ˈen·vi·əs/ wanting something another person has: I’m envious of people that have those big boats. Examples of enviousenvious Nor are such comments just the product of cantankerous or ' envious ' minds. Researchers who have not had the opportunity for such quality assistance might be envious. They administer government with a view only to their own power and are envious of one another's glory. Obsessed with looking good, women were also portrayed as congenitally envious. Status-conscious gallants sought out the envious glances of those too poor to afford their finery. Those congratulations come more from an envious opponent than from a warm-hearted friend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many countries would be envious of these statistics. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Envious eyes have looked menacingly at the lottery ever since it was established. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have many foreign friends who are extremely envious of our progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are envious of their progress, we wonder how they have done it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The politics of envy are significant in today's society because some people have a great deal to be envious of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every time we object to privilege, they accuse us of being envious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason is that many people become envious of such people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were envious particularly of our novel business start-up scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is envious of another place that it can produce a report of such high quality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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