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enviousness

/en-vee-uhs/US // ˈɛn vi əs //UK // (ˈɛnvɪəs) //

羡慕,羡慕嫉妒恨,妒忌,嫉妒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of, feeling, or expressing envy: envious of a person's success; an envious attack.
    • : Archaic. emulous. enviable.

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Examples

  • Though Tesla has its own set of challenges, carmakers and their agencies are keeping a close and envious eye on how the upstart has marketed itself.

  • When my friend told me that the butterflies in her garden were one of her great joys during the pandemic, I was a bit envious.

  • Tommy Atkins are nearly always red and plummy, while even an unripe Ataulfo’s skin would make Big Bird envious with its bright yellow glow.

  • In perhaps some of the best performances of their respective careers, Thompson and Negga portray women who are equally envious and enamored with one another.

  • A number of my friends have hobbies they are super passionate about, and communities of friends they have met through those hobbies, and I'm envious and a bit mystified.

  • She sends a miniature of her own image to the court, envious that it will enjoy a proximity she will never attain.

  • We were already envious of Amal Alamuddin…for her career, not her marriage to George Clooney.

  • But what if they also know that making us happy or sad or angry or envious would make us more likely to want what they have?

  • They see people just like them being elevated quickly to power while they languish, and they become envious.

  • She does not shy from a fight, and she has a flair for political theater to make Ted Cruz envious.

  • He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.

  • God has apportioned to each their lot; and why should I feel envious and discontented, that the best lot did not fall to my share?

  • Gaily the Esperanza rattled through the fleet, and envious men cried "What cheer!"

  • Thou who knowest in what corners of the envious earth The jealous God hath hidden the precious stones,Have pity on my long misery!

  • In itself valueless, yet a treasure in her eyes and mine, for it will protect our child, and many an envious eye is upon her.