envying 的 3 个定义
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.
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.
en·vied, en·vy·ing.
- Obsolete. to be affected with envy.
envying 近义词
jealousy
be jealous of another
更多envying例句
- 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.