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jealousy

noun
🔊/ˈdʒeləsi/
🔊/ˈdʒeləsi/
(plural jealousies)
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  1. [uncountable] a feeling of being jealous忌妒；妒羡；羡慕
    • I felt sick with jealousy.我羡慕得要死。🔊🔊
    • He felt a sudden stab of pure sexual jealousy.他突然感到一阵纯粹的性忌妒。
    Extra Examples
    • Her promotion aroused intense jealousy among her colleagues.她的晋升引起了同事们强烈的忌妒。
    • I felt a pang of jealousy.我感到一阵强烈的妒意。
    • She'd never felt jealousy before.她以前从未感到过嫉妒。
    • his obsessive jealousy of his ex-wife他对前妻着魔似的嫉妒
    Topics Feelingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • extreme
    • intense
    • pure
    • …
    … of jealousy
    • fit
    • pang
    • stab
    • …
    verb + jealousy
    • feel
    • arouse
    • cause
    • …
    preposition
    • jealousy of
    phrases
    • feelings of jealousy
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  2. [countable] an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous忌妒，妒羡，羡慕（的言行）
    • I'm tired of her petty jealousies.我厌烦她那小肚鸡肠的忌妒。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.