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词汇 jealously
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Definition of jealously in English:

jealously

adverb ˈdʒɛləsliˈdʒɛləsli
  • 1In a way that shows an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages.

    she stared jealously at his phone
    I jealously watched William as he danced with other ladies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She watches jealously as the couple go into a nearby room and talk to each other with great concern and care.
    • Furious for being dumped as the face of the company for a younger prettier image, she begins to jealously avenge her husband's decision.
    • The director has interpreted Oberon's fairyland as a dark and earthy realm, the fairies all in tattered Gothic black, their rulers quarreling jealously.
    • These two jealously distrust each other.
    • She hums in Saxon, and jealously looks at her beautiful cellmate.
    • In a visually economical and brilliantly staged turning point, the village idiot jealously, for love of Ivy, stabs Lucius nearly to death.
    • While she wanted to kill her sister in the way that all small children jealously want to kill the rival for their parents' attention, she never made any attempt to do so.
    • Emily shows Susan the sights when she visits London, leaving Ross and Carol jealously paranoid.
    • She gazes jealously out of a window above the garage, thinking the woman in the front seat with Tom is his wife.
    • Little white rat Socrates becomes Willard's soul mate, and big gray rat Ben looms jealously nearby.
    1. 1.1 In a fiercely protective or possessive way.
      he jealously guards his family's right to privacy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their auto makers "will guard their position jealously," says an analyst in Tokyo.
      • For a guy who has jealously guarded his privacy, the film's frankness is surprising.
      • The defense function is the one reserved most jealously by the state.
      • An attorney's duty of confidentiality is, perhaps, the most jealously guarded of the professional ethics.
      • Sclerotic labor markets, typified by the 35-hour workweek, are jealously guarded by militant trade unions.
      • The issue here is clearly the use of the logo on the machine pic, something the company jealously guards.
      • Meanwhile, management jealously guards its decision-making prerogatives against labor input.
      • Congress guarded jealously the power to tax.
      • The gang jealously guards their turf in Melbourne, Australia.
      • They guard her phone number jealously, afraid of giving away the methods behind her magic touch.

Definition of jealously in US English:

jealously

adverbˈdʒɛləsliˈjeləslē
  • 1In a way that shows an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages.

    she stared jealously at his phone
    I jealously watched William as he danced with other ladies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The director has interpreted Oberon's fairyland as a dark and earthy realm, the fairies all in tattered Gothic black, their rulers quarreling jealously.
    • She watches jealously as the couple go into a nearby room and talk to each other with great concern and care.
    • While she wanted to kill her sister in the way that all small children jealously want to kill the rival for their parents' attention, she never made any attempt to do so.
    • Little white rat Socrates becomes Willard's soul mate, and big gray rat Ben looms jealously nearby.
    • Emily shows Susan the sights when she visits London, leaving Ross and Carol jealously paranoid.
    • These two jealously distrust each other.
    • In a visually economical and brilliantly staged turning point, the village idiot jealously, for love of Ivy, stabs Lucius nearly to death.
    • She hums in Saxon, and jealously looks at her beautiful cellmate.
    • Furious for being dumped as the face of the company for a younger prettier image, she begins to jealously avenge her husband's decision.
    • She gazes jealously out of a window above the garage, thinking the woman in the front seat with Tom is his wife.
    1. 1.1 In a fiercely protective or possessive way.
      he jealously guards his family's right to privacy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The defense function is the one reserved most jealously by the state.
      • They guard her phone number jealously, afraid of giving away the methods behind her magic touch.
      • For a guy who has jealously guarded his privacy, the film's frankness is surprising.
      • Congress guarded jealously the power to tax.
      • Sclerotic labor markets, typified by the 35-hour workweek, are jealously guarded by militant trade unions.
      • The gang jealously guards their turf in Melbourne, Australia.
      • An attorney's duty of confidentiality is, perhaps, the most jealously guarded of the professional ethics.
      • Meanwhile, management jealously guards its decision-making prerogatives against labor input.
      • Their auto makers "will guard their position jealously," says an analyst in Tokyo.
      • The issue here is clearly the use of the logo on the machine pic, something the company jealously guards.
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