envious (of somebody/something) wanting to be in the same situation as somebody else; wanting something that somebody 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。🔊🔊
related noun envyExtra Examples- He had always felt envious of his brother.他一直嫉妒他兄弟。
- She tried not to appear envious.她努力不表现出嫉妒。
- Everyone is so envious of her having the chance to study abroad.人人都那么羡慕她能有机会出国深造。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbprepositionSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French envieus, from envie ‘envy’, on the pattern of Latin invidiosus ‘invidious’.