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单词 jealously
释义
jealouslyjeal‧ous‧ly /ˈdʒeləsli/ adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Both were heavy red-wine drinkers, always bloated, and each jealously guarded his own inferior status.
  • Chocolate is a multimillion pound industry, and each hard won market segment is jealously guarded by the giant global manufacturers.
  • Exactly how big a chunk those outsiders take is unclear, because most tribes jealously guard their internal finances.
  • He also has to be careful not to offend the leaders of other parties, who jealously guard their independence.
  • He hoarded them jealously, piling them up in his lighthouse and the storerooms above by the hundreds.
  • She is building the nest while he jealously guards her against the attentions of other males.
  • Until that day this venerable charter, like a kidnapped virgin, will be jealously guarded by those who have signed it.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a jealously guarded secret
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 chiefs who jealously guarded their independence
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· But universities have a considerable and jealously guarded degree of independence.· The river is a jealously guarded preserve and very expensive.
VERB
· Both were heavy red-wine drinkers, always bloated, and each jealously guarded his own inferior status.· Until that day this venerable charter, like a kidnapped virgin, will be jealously guarded by those who have signed it.· The 22-man Politburo jealously guards power.· For 20 years Marshak has owned and jealously guarded the federally registered trademarks for the Drifters, the Platters and the Coasters.· Chocolate is a multimillion pound industry, and each hard won market segment is jealously guarded by the giant global manufacturers.· Exactly how big a chunk those outsiders take is unclear, because most tribes jealously guard their internal finances.· Access to the archives was jealously guarded, and censorship of counter-revolutionary distortions was instituted.· But Kodak has been jealously guarded since 1888.
1if you jealously guard or protect something, you try very hard to keep or protect it:  a jealously guarded secret2if you do something jealously, you are feeling jealous when you do it:  Ludens watched Marcus jealously.
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