envious
adjective /ˈenviəs/
/ˈenviəs/
- envious (of somebody/something) wanting to be in the same situation as somebody else; wanting something that somebody else has
羡慕的；忌妒的 - Everyone is so envious of her.
人人都那么羡慕她。 - They were envious of his success.
他们忌妒他的成功。 - He saw the envious look in the other boy's eyes.
他看到了另一个男孩眼里那羡慕的目光。
- He had always felt envious of his brother.
他一直嫉妒他兄弟。 - She tried not to appear envious.
她努力不表现出嫉妒。 - Everyone is so envious of her having the chance to study abroad.
人人都那么羡慕她能有机会出国深造。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- of
词源Middle English: from Old French envieus, from envie ‘envy’, on the pattern of Latin invidiosus ‘invidious’. - Everyone is so envious of her.