| 释义 |
envied, ppl. a.|ˈɛnvɪd|
[f. envy v. + -ed1.]
That is the object of envy.
1631T. May tr. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 187 Hee himselfe was glad to haue himselfe saluted..by noe high or envied names, but sometimes plaine William. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 244 Our envied Sovran. 1750Gray Elegy 24 No children..climb his knees the envied kiss to share. 1815Scribbleomania 59 The envied honours of Parnassus. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 199 Grandees who had the envied privilege of going in coaches and four through the streets.
absol.1685Gracian's Courtier's Orac. 151 Enviers die as often as they hear the praises of the Envied revive. c1800K. White Lett. (1837) 263 Yet it often happens that the condition of the envier is happier than that of the envied. 1886Burton Arab. Nts. I. 107 It would besit thee to pardon me even as the Envied pardoned the Envier. |