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

单词	envy
释义	en·vy I. \ˈenvē, -vi\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English envie, from Old French, from Latin invidia, from invidus envious (from invidēre to look askance at, envy, from in- in- (II) + vidēre to see) + -ia -y — more at wit 1. obsolete a. : malice, spite b. : opprobrium, unpopularity 2. a. : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another, accompanied by a desire to possess the same advantage < his lavish style of living … provoked half-contemptuous envy among his brothers — Willa Cather > < I have a wild envy of the man in the taxi with her — Hollis Alpert > b. envies plural : instances of envious feeling < the attack … was due not only to the jealousies and envies — Hilaire Belloc > c. : an object of envious notice or feeling < my brother and I were the envy of all our friends — Margaret Bean > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English envien, from Middle French envier, from envie *transitive verb* 1. : to feel envy toward or on account of : be painfully or resentfully aware of the advantage of (another) with a desire to possess the same advantage : be envious of < I often envy the writer who works in a university — V.S.Pritchett > < she pretended to deplore her compatriot's escapades, which actually she envied desperately — Jean Stafford > 2. obsolete : begrudge *intransitive verb* obsolete : to feel or show envy
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