envy
n. 羡慕(的对象)
v. 羡慕
Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.
Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother...
渐渐地,他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。
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。
If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.
I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world...
我不羡慕那些成为超级电视明星,对其他却一无所知的年轻人。
I have a rich brother and a lot of people envy the fact...
我有个有钱的兄弟,很多人都因此羡慕我。
If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.
Britain is now the envy of the world's record companies.
英国现在是全世界唱片公司羡慕的对象。
...an economic expansion that was the envy of many other states.
令很多其他国家羡慕的经济发展
1. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
2. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
1. feel envious towards; admire enviously
2. be envious of; set one's heart on
Her new dress excited envy.
她的新服装使人羡慕.
His attitudes toward him were out of envy.
他对他的态度是因为嫉妒.
Her sister has been given a gold wristwatch and she is green with envy.
人家送给姐姐一块金表,她心中十分妒忌.
His life is full of poetic romance , which often excites envy in others.
他的生活总是充满了诗情画意,令人羡慕不已.
I envy those students who always get good marks.
我羡慕总是得好分的那些学生.
n. 妒忌;羡慕
vt. 妒忌;羡慕
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