envy

noun

1. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Synonym: invidia

2. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

Synonym: enviousness

envy的解释

verb

1. be envious of
set one's heart on

Synonym: begrudge

2. feel envious towards
admire enviously

1. 羡慕;忌妒
Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.

envy的意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 羡慕;忌妒
If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 羡慕的对象；令人忌妒的特征
If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.

envy的反义词

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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

4. green with envy -> see green