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Definition of envy in English:

envy

nounPlural envies ˈɛnviˈɛnvi
mass noun
  • 1A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.

    妒忌;羡慕

    she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board

    她对船(或飞机)上的人感到一阵忌妒。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I know I should be mature and sensible and rise above any feelings of petty envy.
    • They were all consumed by envy now on top of the original dislike.
    • In other times and places blood feuds or class envy might explain this level of suspicion.
    • Love cancels resentment, envy and jealousy and replaces them with kindness, forbearance and cordiality.
    • I have to say that no process is good enough to be free from the pressures, the envies, and the hatreds to which any human being can be prey.
    • Output will continue to grow at about the rich world average, and we live in the green and pleasant land we have today, which much of the world envies.
    • Liberal commenters seem to miss the irrelevance of class envy to the popular dislike of this tax.
    • Consumed by class envy and full of malice, they piled on as soon as they got the news.
    • I venture to suggest their preference wouldn't bear too much scrutiny or arouse too much envy.
    • Whether this attitude is motivated by envy or pure hatred, I know not.
    • But it may just be that this vision has in fact been their focus and it has aroused petty jealousy and envy.
    • "That does sound like it was fun, " she answered, smiling with a little envy.
    • Some may even feel envy in that they wish they could feel the same way.
    • ‘I may have a lot of bad qualities like jealousy, envy and anger, but it takes a long time for anyone to really irk me,’ says the actor.
    • But I hated myself for letting envy consume me like this.
    • My answer is no, I'm not motivated by envy.
    • He at once covets and scorns material comforts - and both envies and despises those who enjoy them.
    • It's an unusual route to work, but definitely one that our construction team envies.
    • Forty-year-old faculty members have usually shed some of their earlier envies, animosities, and petty vanities, enabling them to be more understanding mentors.
    • Full of self-doubt and lack of true self-esteem, the hero's emotions express themselves in extravagant, paranoid projections, envies and resentments - most of which he foists onto his indirect or mediated rival.
    Synonyms
    jealousy, enviousness, covetousness, desire
    resentment, resentfulness, bitterness, discontent, spite
    the green-eyed monster
    1. 1.1the envy of A person or thing that inspires envy.
      …的忌妒对象;…的羡慕目标
      France has a film industry that is the envy of Europe
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Equally, as we noted last week, they enjoy working practices - four days on, four off - and pension rights that are the envy of workers in the other public services.
      • Yet politicians of all parties like to pretend that there is a quick-fix solution that will miraculously transform the service into the envy of the world.
      • If everywhere can become as good, our health service will be the envy of the world.
      • The epicentre of the county, it lacks little in services and facilities, and indeed is seen as the envy of many other locations of similar size and population.
      • He took with him the cutest girl in his grade, much to the envy of his classmates.
      • The biggest test of his technique came on the last tour of Australia on pitches that were not quite so comfortable and against an attack which has been the envy of the world for some time.
      • When we are the envy of other communities and the pride of local police why would we drop our advantage and join the rabble?
      • Our migration program is the envy of the rest of the world.
      • But a service that was the envy of the world in 1948 is simply not up to the demands of the 21st century.
      • It was the pride of the community and the envy of ageing district hospitals all over the country.
      • First of all, the local fishing club have a range of water at their disposal which would be the envy of any of their mainland counterparts.
      • Surely our progressive system of education will be the envy of the world.
      • By all accounts, the Army and its sister services are the envy of other government organizations and commercial corporations.
      • My collection has become the envy of my film buff friends.
      • The strong organisational structure is the envy of the rest of the ethnic communities.
      • Its roads and health service were once the envy of those living to the south of the border, but have been allowed to run down.
      • This show had all the verve and nerve that makes London street fashion the envy of the world.
      • We were even allowed to take time off school to visit air stations, an unexpected perk that made us the envy of classmates who thought we were all uniformed ponces.
      • This arrangement should be the envy of every ruling class in the world.
      • I think it is fair to say that that Government had the courage to put in place a goods and services tax that is still the envy of other countries throughout the world.
      Synonyms
      object/source of envy
      best, finest, pride, top, cream, pick, choice, elite, prize, jewel, jewel in the crown, flower, paragon, leading light, glory, the crème de la crème
verbenvied, envies, envying ˈɛnviˈɛnvi
[with object]
  • 1Desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else)

    羡慕;妒忌

    he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends

    他非常羡慕那些周末不必工作的人们。

    with two objects I envy Jane her happiness

    我忌妒简的幸福。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's a high chance someone will be watching and envying your freedom.
    • I've always envied the girls on TV with the nice protective older brothers.
    • Modern architects, he writes in his foreword, envied the freedom of those artists.
    • I always envy other people's enjoyment of London Town.
    • I've always wondered if I hate guys like that or just secretly envy them.
    • He envies his freedom from bitterness and hate, and his love for his wife.
    • I almost envy you, on occasion, growing up in such a peaceful time.
    • Sometimes I feel like one of those girls that other girls envy.
    • A long time ago, when we first became friends, I had envied that ability.
    • I've always envied the royal family ever since they came into power here.
    • You must mark out your territory as an artist, so that others learn to envy you and aspire to what you are doing.
    • Borges' characters can similarly be said to envy women their desire that they cannot understand and do not dare explore.
    • Yet, in another respect, he almost envied her a little.
    • What I envied most was that they could write when and what they wanted too.
    • I am popular, and all of the unpopular girls envy me.
    • I so envy the people I meet who command a range of skills.
    • She secretly envied the maid for her ability to remain so sly and untouched by pain.
    • She imagined her home even lovelier than it was now, and she imagined everyone admiring her, envying her, wishing they, too, had such a gift.
    • I've always envied people on those TV shows where everyone knows each other.
    • I always used to envy people who had faith; I used to wish I too had faith, the sort that can carry you through when times are tough.
    Synonyms
    be envious of, be jealous of
    begrudge, grudge, be resentful of
    1. 1.1 Desire for oneself (something belonging to another)
      向往,渴望(别人的东西)
      a lifestyle which most of us would envy

      我们中的大多数人都向往的一种生活方式。

      Synonyms
      covet, be covetous of
      desire, aspire to, wish for, want, long for, yearn for, hanker after/for, be consumed with desire for, crave, have one's heart set on
      informal have the hots for

Derivatives

  • envier

  • noun
    • It is agreed that envy involves an envier, a party who is envied - this may be a person or group of persons - and some possession, capacity or trait that the subject supposes the rival to have (the ‘good’).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is what makes enviers lethal: A jealous person wants what you have.

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense 'hostility, enmity'): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere 'regard maliciously, grudge', from in- 'into' + videre 'to see'.

  • One of the traditional seven deadly sins, envy is said to lead to damnation in Christian theology. Early senses included ‘hostility, enmity’. It comes from Latin invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, formed from in- ‘into’ and videre ‘to see’, also found in invidious (early 17th century).

Definition of envy in US English:

envy

nounˈɛnviˈenvē
  • 1A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.

    妒忌;羡慕

    she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board

    她对船(或飞机)上的人感到一阵忌妒。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were all consumed by envy now on top of the original dislike.
    • I have to say that no process is good enough to be free from the pressures, the envies, and the hatreds to which any human being can be prey.
    • Consumed by class envy and full of malice, they piled on as soon as they got the news.
    • In other times and places blood feuds or class envy might explain this level of suspicion.
    • I venture to suggest their preference wouldn't bear too much scrutiny or arouse too much envy.
    • ‘I may have a lot of bad qualities like jealousy, envy and anger, but it takes a long time for anyone to really irk me,’ says the actor.
    • My answer is no, I'm not motivated by envy.
    • He at once covets and scorns material comforts - and both envies and despises those who enjoy them.
    • I know I should be mature and sensible and rise above any feelings of petty envy.
    • But I hated myself for letting envy consume me like this.
    • Love cancels resentment, envy and jealousy and replaces them with kindness, forbearance and cordiality.
    • "That does sound like it was fun, " she answered, smiling with a little envy.
    • But it may just be that this vision has in fact been their focus and it has aroused petty jealousy and envy.
    • Output will continue to grow at about the rich world average, and we live in the green and pleasant land we have today, which much of the world envies.
    • Forty-year-old faculty members have usually shed some of their earlier envies, animosities, and petty vanities, enabling them to be more understanding mentors.
    • Liberal commenters seem to miss the irrelevance of class envy to the popular dislike of this tax.
    • It's an unusual route to work, but definitely one that our construction team envies.
    • Whether this attitude is motivated by envy or pure hatred, I know not.
    • Full of self-doubt and lack of true self-esteem, the hero's emotions express themselves in extravagant, paranoid projections, envies and resentments - most of which he foists onto his indirect or mediated rival.
    • Some may even feel envy in that they wish they could feel the same way.
    Synonyms
    jealousy, enviousness, covetousness, desire
    1. 1.1the envy of A person or thing that inspires envy.
      …的忌妒对象;…的羡慕目标
      their national health service is the envy of many in Europe

      我们的国民保健制度使许多欧洲人羡慕不已。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He took with him the cutest girl in his grade, much to the envy of his classmates.
      • If everywhere can become as good, our health service will be the envy of the world.
      • It was the pride of the community and the envy of ageing district hospitals all over the country.
      • The strong organisational structure is the envy of the rest of the ethnic communities.
      • By all accounts, the Army and its sister services are the envy of other government organizations and commercial corporations.
      • My collection has become the envy of my film buff friends.
      • The biggest test of his technique came on the last tour of Australia on pitches that were not quite so comfortable and against an attack which has been the envy of the world for some time.
      • Our migration program is the envy of the rest of the world.
      • This show had all the verve and nerve that makes London street fashion the envy of the world.
      • First of all, the local fishing club have a range of water at their disposal which would be the envy of any of their mainland counterparts.
      • The epicentre of the county, it lacks little in services and facilities, and indeed is seen as the envy of many other locations of similar size and population.
      • We were even allowed to take time off school to visit air stations, an unexpected perk that made us the envy of classmates who thought we were all uniformed ponces.
      • When we are the envy of other communities and the pride of local police why would we drop our advantage and join the rabble?
      • I think it is fair to say that that Government had the courage to put in place a goods and services tax that is still the envy of other countries throughout the world.
      • Yet politicians of all parties like to pretend that there is a quick-fix solution that will miraculously transform the service into the envy of the world.
      • But a service that was the envy of the world in 1948 is simply not up to the demands of the 21st century.
      • Equally, as we noted last week, they enjoy working practices - four days on, four off - and pension rights that are the envy of workers in the other public services.
      • Its roads and health service were once the envy of those living to the south of the border, but have been allowed to run down.
      • Surely our progressive system of education will be the envy of the world.
      • This arrangement should be the envy of every ruling class in the world.
      Synonyms
      object of envy, source of envy
verbˈɛnviˈenvē
[with object]
  • 1Desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to (someone else)

    羡慕;妒忌

    he envied people who did not have to work on weekends

    他非常羡慕那些周末不必工作的人们。

    with two objects I envy Jane her happiness

    我忌妒简的幸福。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am popular, and all of the unpopular girls envy me.
    • I almost envy you, on occasion, growing up in such a peaceful time.
    • I always used to envy people who had faith; I used to wish I too had faith, the sort that can carry you through when times are tough.
    • I've always envied the girls on TV with the nice protective older brothers.
    • I've always wondered if I hate guys like that or just secretly envy them.
    • What I envied most was that they could write when and what they wanted too.
    • Borges' characters can similarly be said to envy women their desire that they cannot understand and do not dare explore.
    • Yet, in another respect, he almost envied her a little.
    • I so envy the people I meet who command a range of skills.
    • I always envy other people's enjoyment of London Town.
    • Sometimes I feel like one of those girls that other girls envy.
    • He envies his freedom from bitterness and hate, and his love for his wife.
    • She secretly envied the maid for her ability to remain so sly and untouched by pain.
    • You must mark out your territory as an artist, so that others learn to envy you and aspire to what you are doing.
    • Modern architects, he writes in his foreword, envied the freedom of those artists.
    • She imagined her home even lovelier than it was now, and she imagined everyone admiring her, envying her, wishing they, too, had such a gift.
    • I've always envied people on those TV shows where everyone knows each other.
    • A long time ago, when we first became friends, I had envied that ability.
    • I've always envied the royal family ever since they came into power here.
    • There's a high chance someone will be watching and envying your freedom.
    Synonyms
    be envious of, be jealous of
    1. 1.1 Desire for oneself (something possessed or enjoyed by another)
      向往,渴望(别人的东西)
      a lifestyle that most of us would envy

      我们中的大多数人都向往的一种生活方式。

      Synonyms
      covet, be covetous of

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.

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