
envy基本信息
读法:英 ["envɪ] 美 ["ɛnvi]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
envy 羡慕,嫉妒
来自拉丁语invidia, 来自词根vid, 看,词源同video,visage. 词义贬义化,指不怀好意的看。
- envy
- envy: [13] The underlying meaning of envy is simply ‘look at someone’ – the implication being, ‘with malice or resentment’. The word comes via Old French envie from Latin invidia ‘malice’ (source of English invidious [17]), which was a derivative of invidēre ‘look at with malice’. This in turn was a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘in, on’ and vidēre ‘see’ (whence English vision).
=> invidious, view, vision - envy (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French envie "envy, jealousy, rivalry" (10c.), from Latin invidia "envy, jealousy" (source also of Spanish envidia, Portuguese inveja), from invidus "envious, having hatred or ill-will," from invidere "to envy, hate," earlier "look at (with malice), cast an evil eye upon," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + videre "to see" (see vision).
Jealousy is the malign feeling which is often had toward a rival, or possible rival, for the possession of that which we greatly desire, as in love or ambition. Envy is a similar feeling toward one, whether rival or not, who already possesses that which we greatly desire. Jealousy is enmity prompted by fear; envy is enmity prompted by covetousness. [Century Dictionary]
Similar formations in Avestan nipashnaka "envious," also "look at;" Old Church Slavonic zavideti "to envy," from videti "to see;" Lithuanian pavydeti "to envy," related to veizdeti "to see, to look at." - envy (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French envier "envy, be envious of," from envie (see envy (n.)). Related: Envied; envying.
词态变化
复数 envies;
第三人称单数 envies;
过去式 envied;
过去分词 envied;
现在分词 envying;
权威造句
- 1. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.
- 潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.
- 格洛弗认为史密斯说他坏话,也许是出于嫉妒。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.
- 渐渐地,他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Maybe there is jealousy, but I think the envy is more powerful.
- 也许是羡慕,但我认为更多的是嫉妒。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Britain is now the envy of the world"s record companies.
- 英国现在是全世界唱片公司羡慕的对象。
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近反义词
n.
相似短语
单词分析
这两个名词均有“妒忌”之意。envy侧重指因别人获得了自己本想获得的东西或成就而产生妒忌。
jealousy强调对别人占有的东西恼恨不满。
记忆方法
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