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envying

/en-vee/US // ˈɛn vi //UK // (ˈɛnvɪ) //

羡慕,羡慕嫉妒恨,嫉妒,妒忌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural en·vies.

    • : a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
    • : an object of such feeling: Her intelligence made her the envy of her classmates.
    • : Obsolete. ill will.
v.有主动词 verb
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    en·vied, en·vy·ing.

    • : to regard with envy: She envies you for your success.I envy your writing ability.He envies her the position she has achieved in her profession.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    en·vied, en·vy·ing.

    • : Obsolete. to be affected with envy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounjealousy
Forms: envied

Examples

  • I was jonesing for the shot — like a lot of people, I had vaccine envy.

  • I believe envy can be a problem, but I think about it differently.

  • As I made my way through the series, I found myself envying young readers.

  • He had had the pleasure of seeing the Serjeant, and of envying him too, with all a poor man's envy, for eight years and a quarter.

  • But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

  • Conan watched in an almost impersonal fascination, envying the monster his inhuman strength.

  • I envy her Peter with a passion almost pain; and now I find myself envying her a school friend!

  • The last was appointed to that portion which lay across the Moss, neither of the other two envying his lot.