| 释义 |
envier|ˈɛnvɪə(r)|
Also 6 enviour, 6–7 envyer.
[f. envy v. + -er1 (earlier -our.).]
One who envies.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) I. 8 Gluttons, wasters, enuiours, enchantours. 1555Eden Decades W. Ind. iii. ix. (Arb.) 175 These malycious enuyers of other mens trauayles. 1606Bacon in Four C. Eng. Lett. 40 You are great, and therefore have the more enviers. 1630–88tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. iv. 603 He was presently censured as an envier of the Earl's honour. a1762Lady M. W. Montague Let. Mrs. Hewet xcii. 152 Never bride had fewer enviers, the..man is so..detestable. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 316 Its opulence was an object it could not conceal from its enviers. 1874Motley Barneveld II. xv. 180 The enviers of our peace and tranquillity. |