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单词 jealous
释义
jealous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒel.əs/us
/ˈdʒel.əs/

jealousadjective(UNHAPPY)

B1
upsetandangrybecause someone that youloveseemsinterestedin anotherperson:
妒忌的；好妒忌的；吃醋的
a jealoushusband/wife吃醋的丈夫／妻子
Anna says shefeelsjealous everytimeanother womanlooksat herboyfriend.安娜说每次别的女人看她的男朋友她都会感到妒忌。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
jealous
  • jealousI'm so jealous that she's going to that concert!
  • enviousShe was very envious of her brother's success.
  • green with envyYou'll be green with envy when you meet her new boyfriend.
  • possessiveShe has a wildly possessive boyfriend who doesn't like her even looking at other men.
  • covetousShe's covetous of his gorgeous house.
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B2
unhappyandangrybecause someone has something that youwant:
嫉妒的
He had always been very jealousofhis brother's goodlooks.他兄弟的外貌总是让他嫉妒。
Synonyms
acquisitive(WANTING THINGS)formaloftendisapproving
avariciousformaldisapproving
covetousformaldisapproving
envious
graspingdisapproving
greedydisapproving
More examples
  • Why are you jealous of her? She's nocompetition!
  • In amomentof jealousfrenzy, shecutthesleevesoff all hisshirts.
  • She getsinsanelyjealous if he so much aslooksat another woman.
  • Herplansto make him jealousbackfiredon her when he went off with herbestfriend.
  • He gets really jealous if hisgirlfriendstrikesup afriendshipwith another man.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Envy and jealousy
  • all right
  • be green with envyidiom
  • covet
  • covetable
  • covetous
  • covetously
  • covetousness
  • disgustingly
  • enviable
  • enviably
  • envious
  • enviously
  • enviousness
  • envy
  • green
  • grudge
  • jealously
  • jealousy
  • possessive
  • threatened

jealousadjective(CAREFUL)

extremelycarefulinprotectingsomeone or something:
小心守护的，唯恐失去的
She is very jealousofherindependence, and doesn'twantto getmarried.她很珍惜自己的自由，不想结婚。
Herparentsused tokeepa jealouswatchover her when she wasyoung.她小时候父母一直小心呵护她。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cautious and vigilant
  • abundance
  • an abundance of cautionidiom
  • askance
  • attentive
  • attentively
  • conservative
  • conservatively
  • diligence
  • diligent
  • discreet
  • meticulous
  • meticulously
  • meticulousness
  • mindful
  • minutely
  • sedulous
  • sedulously
  • slowly
  • super-cautious
  • super-conservative
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Related word

jealously
(Definition ofjealousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

jealous| American Dictionary

jealous
adjective
us
/ˈdʒel·əs/

jealousadjective(WANTING QUALITIES)

unhappyandslightlyangrybecause youwishyou had someone else’squalities,advantages, orsuccess:
Ron was jealous of his colleague’spromotion.

jealousadjective(FEARFUL ABOUT LOVE)

fearingthat someone youlovelovessomeoneelseor islovedby someoneelse

jealousadjective(CAREFUL TO PROTECT)

verycarefultoprotectsomeone or something:
Herparentskepta jealouswatchover her.

jealously

adverbus
/ˈdʒel·əs·li/
He jealouslyguardedhisprivacy.
(Definition ofjealousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjealous

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They are extremelyjealousof their autonomy and have a narrow, albeit evolving, concept of motherhood - both of which contributes to their exclusionary manner.
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Most of the people back in the village arejealousof each other.
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When somebody gets something and the other one does not get anything, then it is possible to be veryjealous.
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Does it stretch credulity too far to suggest that his two associates were ratherjealousof his personal charisma?
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Her nascent prima-donna passion for worldly success makes her loverjealous, and he begs her to forget fame and glory to follow him.
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The editor responded with an interesting tautology: women arejealousbecause they want their man to be theirs and theirs alone.
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In order to explore this further, it is useful to consider gossip in the context of conflict which can arise throughjealousbehaviour and rivalry.
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He becamejealousof his wife going out and lost his practical skills.
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It also signifies selfish shallowness: her bliss entails lack of consideration for the feelings of thejealousgirl ignored.
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At the time, ether and chloroform were being tried as anaesthetics, so the proponents of mesmerism may have faced somejealousrivals.
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They are very unapproachable,jealousof their rights, and extremely vindictive.
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As a result, governments are mostly staffed by persons of the middle to lower orders, who tend to bejealousand resentful toward their superiors.
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The children's fate was sealed by the deliberate and malicious action of ajealouswife.
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At a practical level, formal institutions undoubtedly jarred with localitiesjealousof their autonomy.
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A daughter's voice and a brother'sjealouswords - who is singing here?
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