英语词汇“envy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Wanting what someone else has and resenting them for having it is envy. If your best friend comes to school with the silver backpack you’d had your eye on all summer, you want to be happy for her, instead you feel bitter envy.

Envy comes from the Latin word invidere, which literally means “look upon.” You know when you say something funny or smart and someone gives you the evil eye? Envy all the way. Envy can be used as a noun or as a verb: Envy (noun) is the feeling you have when you envy (verb) what someone else has.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

envy / jealousy

It's no fun to feel envy or jealousy because both make you feel inadequate. Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you're worried someone's trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor's new convertible, you feel envy. If she takes your husband for a ride, you feel jealousy.

Envy requires two parties, like you and that neighbor, when you want her new car and you wish you were the one riding around with the top down. You feel envy when you want something someone else has:

Tall and lean, he is wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes, a dark blazer and red tie with hair every sports anchor would envy. (Chicago Tribune)

"There be many, Judith," said he, "who might envy you your health and good spirits." (William Black)

Jealousy requires three parties, like you, your neighbor, and your husband, when not only do you wish you had that cool car, but you're worried your husband is going to ride off into the sunset in it without you. Jealousy is exciting because it shows up in lovers' triangles and Shakespeare's plays:

In Shakespeare, Othello is doomed by jealousy, Lear by pride. (Slate)

The peasant, mad with jealousy, ended by driving an awl into his chest. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Professional jealousy, tortured artist blues, Spinal Tap-ish excess and other clichés abound, but nobody seems to notice. (The Guardian)

You can feel envy about something you don't have but want, but you feel jealousy over something you already have but are afraid of losing, like that husband who's always hanging out next door.

WORD FAMILY

envy: enviable, envied, envies, envious, envying+/enviable: enviably, unenviable/envious: enviously, enviousness/unenviable: unenviably

USAGE EXAMPLES

His father would pick him up from school in that car, and he was the envy of all the other children.

New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)

His father would pick him up from school in that car, and he was the envy of all the kids.

Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)

It is not just first novelists who will envy Greenwell’s achievement.

The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016)

1n a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

enviousness

covetousness

an envious eagerness to possess something

green-eyed monster, jealousy

a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)

penis envy

(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity

bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

2n spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Syn|Hyper

invidia

deadly sin, mortal sin

an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace

3v feel envious towards; admire enviously

Hyper

admire, look up to

feel admiration for

4v be envious of; set one's heart on

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

begrudge

covet

wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

drool, salivate

be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something

desire, want

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

单词	envy
释义	envy (once / 193 pages) nv Wanting what someone else has and resenting them for having it is envy. If your best friend comes to school with the silver backpack you’d had your eye on all summer, you want to be happy for her, instead you feel bitter envy. Envy comes from the Latin word invidere, which literally means “look upon.” You know when you say something funny or smart and someone gives you the evil eye? Envy all the way. Envy can be used as a noun or as a verb: Envy (noun) is the feeling you have when you envy (verb) what someone else has. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS envy / jealousy It's no fun to feel envy or jealousy because both make you feel inadequate. Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you're worried someone's trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor's new convertible, you feel envy. If she takes your husband for a ride, you feel jealousy. Envy requires two parties, like you and that neighbor, when you want her new car and you wish you were the one riding around with the top down. You feel envy when you want something someone else has: Tall and lean, he is wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes, a dark blazer and red tie with hair every sports anchor would envy. (Chicago Tribune) "There be many, Judith," said he, "who might envy you your health and good spirits." (William Black) Jealousy requires three parties, like you, your neighbor, and your husband, when not only do you wish you had that cool car, but you're worried your husband is going to ride off into the sunset in it without you. Jealousy is exciting because it shows up in lovers' triangles and Shakespeare's plays: In Shakespeare, Othello is doomed by jealousy, Lear by pride. (Slate) The peasant, mad with jealousy, ended by driving an awl into his chest. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) Professional jealousy, tortured artist blues, Spinal Tap-ish excess and other clichés abound, but nobody seems to notice. (The Guardian) You can feel envy about something you don't have but want, but you feel jealousy over something you already have but are afraid of losing, like that husband who's always hanging out next door. WORD FAMILY envy: enviable, envied, envies, envious, envying+/enviable: enviably, unenviable/envious: enviously, enviousness/unenviable: unenviably USAGE EXAMPLES His father would pick him up from school in that car, and he was the envy of all the other children. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) His father would pick him up from school in that car, and he was the envy of all the kids. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) It is not just first novelists who will envy Greenwell’s achievement. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper enviousness covetousness an envious eagerness to possess something green-eyed monster, jealousy a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) penis envy (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will 2n spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) Syn\|Hyper invidia deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace 3v feel envious towards; admire enviously Hyper admire, look up to feel admiration for 4v be envious of; set one's heart on Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper begrudge covet wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) drool, salivate be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly
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