jealousy
noun /ˈdʒeləsi/
/ˈdʒeləsi/
(plural jealousies)
- [uncountable] a feeling of being jealous
忌妒；妒羡；羡慕 - I felt sick with jealousy.
我羡慕得要死。 - He felt a sudden stab of pure sexual jealousy.
他突然感到一阵纯粹的性忌妒。
Topics Feelingsb2- Her promotion aroused intense jealousy among her colleagues.
她的晋升引起了同事们强烈的忌妒。 - I felt a pang of jealousy.
我感到一阵强烈的妒意。 - She'd never felt jealousy before.
她以前从未感到过嫉妒。 - his obsessive jealousy of his ex-wife
他对前妻着魔似的嫉妒
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- intense
- pure
- …
- fit
- pang
- stab
- …
- feel
- arouse
- cause
- …
- jealousy of
- feelings of jealousy
- I felt sick with jealousy.
- [countable] an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous
忌妒，妒羡，羡慕（的言行） - I'm tired of her petty jealousies.
我厌烦她那小肚鸡肠的忌妒。
- I'm tired of her petty jealousies.
词源Middle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.