| 单词 | to feel envy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feel (†have) envy a. The feeling of mortification and ill-will occasioned by the contemplation of superior advantages possessed by another. Const. †at, of, †to, †upon (persons), at, of (things). Phrases, to feel (†have) envy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [noun] > envy evestOE envyc1280 envioustya1382 viea1400 grudgingc1420 invyc1440 emulation1561 enviousness1561 envying1587 grudgement1845 begrudgery1874 c1280 Fall & Passion in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 13 To him þe deuil had envie, þat he in his stid schold be broȝte. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter ii. 10 Enuye couaitis, iolifte & oþer vices. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 246 Haueþ non enuye To lerede ne to lewide. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. l. 27694 If þou þorou þine enuy. has ani man wroied wrangewisly. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 49 Haue ye so greet envie Of myn honour. a1440 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 23 Envy..es joye of oþer mens harme and sorowe of oþer mens welefare. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 Zethephius began to haue enuye vpon the king Appollo. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. ix. sig. i.ij It is moche more shame to haue enuie at other for money, clothynges, or possessions. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 143 Invy at our brothers charitie. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 2 Enuie striketh most spitefully at the fairest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. v. 69 All the Conspirators saue onely hee, Did that they did, in enuy of great Cæsar. View more context for this quotation 1684 Winstanley in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 400 Honour is always attended on by Envy. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews i. xviii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 25 He was hindred..by his envy at him. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 194 Envy—Punishing ourselves for being inferior to our neighbours. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 75 Let every man contend in the race without envy. < as lemmas |
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