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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

envy

英  [ˈenvi]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [U 不可数名词] 羡慕

    Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.

    双语例句

    例：

    Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.

    渐渐地他开始承认自己对母亲的羡慕。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 羡慕之处

    If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Their economy is the envy of the developing world.

    他们的经济令发展中国家羡慕。

    VERB. 动词

  • envies , envying , envied

    1. [T 及物动词] 羡慕

    If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.

    双语例句

    例：

    I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world.

    我不羡慕那些成为电视超级明星而对其他一无所知的年轻人。

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