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单词 envious
释义
envious
adjective
uk
/ˈen.vi.əs/us
/ˈen.vi.əs/
wishingyou had what anotherpersonhas:
羡慕的；忌妒的
I'm very enviousofyournewcoat- it'sbeautiful.我真羡慕你有这么好的新外套——很漂亮。
Synonyms
acquisitive(WANTING THINGS)formaloftendisapproving
avariciousformaldisapproving
covetousformaldisapproving
graspingdisapproving
greedydisapproving
jealous(UNHAPPY)
See also
envyverb
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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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Envy and jealousy
  • all right
  • be green with envyidiom
  • covet
  • covetable
  • covetous
  • covetously
  • covetousness
  • disgustingly
  • enviable
  • enviably
  • enviously
  • enviousness
  • envy
  • green
  • grudge
  • jealous
  • jealously
  • jealousy
  • possessive
  • threatened

Related words

enviously
enviousness
(Definition ofenviousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

envious| American Dictionary

envious
adjective
us
/ˈen·vi·əs/
wantingsomething anotherpersonhas:
I’m envious ofpeoplethat have thosebigboats.
(Definition ofenviousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenvious

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Nor are such comments just the product of cantankerous or 'envious' minds.
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Researchers who have not had the opportunity for such quality assistance might beenvious.
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They administer government with a view only to their own power and areenviousof one another's glory.
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Obsessed with looking good, women were also portrayed as congenitallyenvious.
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Status-conscious gallants sought out theenviousglances of those too poor to afford their finery.
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Those congratulations come more from anenviousopponent than from a warm-hearted friend.
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Many countries would beenviousof these statistics.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Enviouseyes have looked menacingly at the lottery ever since it was established.
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I have many foreign friends who are extremelyenviousof our progress.
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We areenviousof their progress, we wonder how they have done it.
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The politics of envy are significant in today's society because some people have a great deal to beenviousof.
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Every time we object to privilege, they accuse us of beingenvious.
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The reason is that many people becomeenviousof such people.
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They wereenviousparticularly of our novel business start-up scheme.
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One isenviousof another place that it can produce a report of such high quality.
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