【envy音标】 英[ˈenvi] 美[ˈenvi]
【单词释义】 envy是什么意思:
n.[U]嫉妒,妒忌;羡慕;[C]羡慕的对象
vi.感到妒忌;显示出妒忌
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] envies [第三人称单数] envies
[单词现在分词] envying
[单词过去式] envied
[单词过去分词] envied
【单词例句】
◇ He did not envy them in the least. How could it occur to him even to wish to be such a marvelous beauty? He wouldn’t be thankful if only the ducks would have tolerated him among them, the poor ugly creature.
他并不嫉妒他们。他怎能梦想有他们那样的美丽呢?只要别的鸭儿准许他跟他们生活在一起,他就已经很欣慰了--可怜的丑东西。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ People envied her leisure life very much. But in fact, she was tired of being left alone.
别人都很妒忌她安逸的生活,但是实际上,她厌透了被独自丢下。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ The king was overjoyed and told his two older sons, who were consumed with envy, that whoever picked the wrong wife was unworthy of the crown. So the youngest boy and his bride became king and queen.
国王满心欢喜,看到两个大王子心存嫉妒,就开导他们说,一个人没有能力选好自己的妻子也就不配得到王冠。就这样,小王子和他的新娘当上了国王和王后。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ It is not only a beautiful human envy male peacock tail feathers, and even the male peacock itself because of this beautiful and intoxicating, as well as to further develop the bad habits of jealousy.
岂止是人类羡慕雄孔雀美丽的尾羽,就连这雄孔雀自身也因这美丽而陶醉,以至进一步养成了嫉妒的恶习。
---- The Peacock