envious
envious 英 [ˈenviəs] 美 [ˈɛnviəs]
adj. 羡慕的；嫉妒的
I’m envious of your progress in English. 我真羡慕你在英语方面取得的进步。
All my friends were happy for me and envious. 我所有的朋友都为我感到高兴和羡慕。
- Envious is another way to say jealous or resentful — in other words, you want what someone else has, whether it's charming good looks or the last chocolate frosted donut.
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- adj. 羡慕的；嫉妒的
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1. I’m envious of your progress in English.
我真羡慕你在英语方面取得的进步。
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2. All my friends were happy for me and envious.
我所有的朋友都为我感到高兴和羡慕。
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3. We are so envious of what others have, that we try to level the playing field in our minds, by buying our way up to their “status”.
人们是如此羡慕旁人所拥有的东西，以至于我们也想买同样的东西来达到平衡，或觉得这样就可以提高自己的地位。
- envious (adj.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French envious, Old French envieus (13c.), earlier envidius "envious, jealous" (12c., Modern French envieux), from Latin invidiosus "full of envy" (source of Spanish envidioso, Italian invidioso, Portuguese invejoso), from invidia (see envy). Related: Enviously; enviousness.
en·vi·ous / ˈenviəs ; NAmE ˈenviəs / adjective envious(of sb/sth) wanting to be in the same situation as sb else; wanting sth that sb else has 羡慕的；忌妒的 ◆ Everyone is so envious of her. 人人都那么羡慕她。 ◆ They were envious of his success. 他们忌妒他的成功。 ◆ He saw the envious look in the other boy's eyes. 他看到了另一个男孩眼里那羡慕的目光。 ▶ en·vi·ous·ly / ˈenviəsli ; NAmE ˈenviəsli / adverb ◆ They look enviously at the success of their European counterparts. 他们看着欧洲同行的成功，羡慕不已。 ☞see also envy en·vi·ous / ˈenviəs ; NAmE ˈenviəs / en·vi·ous·ly / ˈenviəsli ; NAmE ˈenviəsli /
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