| 单词 | jealous |
| 释义 | jealousjealous /ˈdʒɛləs/ ●●● S2 adjective 1feeling angry and unhappy because someone has a quality, thing, or ability that you wish you had: He’s jealous because I got the job and he didn’t.jealous of Why are you so jealous of his success?THESAURUSenvious – wishing that you had something nice or special that someone else has: I was not allowed to go to parties, and I was envious of the girls who did.covetous formal – covetous means the same as envious but sounds more literary: Animals, unlike humans, are not covetous of power, money, or fame.2feeling angry and unhappy because someone you love is paying attention to another person, or because another person is showing too much interest in someone you love: She has a jealous husband, so be careful. She’s just using him to make her old boyfriend jealous.3jealous of something formal wanting to keep or protect something that you have because you are proud of it: The country is rightly jealous of its heritage. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French jelous, from Late Latin zelus]—jealously adverb |
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