| 词汇 | envying |
| 释义 | envying present participle ofenvy envy verb[ T ] uk /ˈen.vi/ us /ˈen.vi/ B2 to wish that you had something that another person has: 羡慕；忌妒 I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before.她与人初次见面就能侃侃而谈，这真让我羡慕。 [ + two objects ]I don't envy you the job of cooking for all those people.为所有那些人做饭，你这种工作我可不眼红。 Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.他积聚了大笔财富，这引起了一些同事的忌妒。 Her luxurious lifestyle and personal ostentation were both hated and envied.她奢侈的生活方式和自我炫耀让人又恨又妒。 I don't envy him his heavy workload. The man in the story starts to envy his friend's single lifestyle. She had always envied her sister's thick glossy hair and long willowy legs. Envy and jealousy be green with envyidiom covet covetable covetous covetously disgustingly enviable enviably envious enviously envy envyingly green greenly grudge jealous jealousy possessive possessively threatened Examples of envyingenvying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Instead of rather envying the soldier, one's thoughts turn much more to pity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an extremely valuable asset which we can understand other people envying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of envying the man who is getting a big rate, they encourage him because it is to their advantage to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sat here envying them the freedom they have to express themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, they tell us that other countries are envying the manner in which we handle this awkward, difficult, financial situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this a raven, envying the swan's plumage, tries to bathe away its colour and dies of hunger. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All of them have taken the orchestra to an envying level of quality and creativity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. So too was admiring or envying a woman or man dangerous, unless the person added a blessing; the able-bodied and beautiful were in particular danger. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And truly were the living envying the dead. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rosario, dinamitera, the dynamite watched over your pretty hand envying its fiery attributes... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As it is, we make both ungentle, the one envying, the other despising, his brother; and the mass of society is made up of morbid thinkers and miserable workers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Only when she wishes that all was over and after envying prisoners in their cells, she will come to realize that her prison is her own body. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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