envy
verb [ T ] uk/ˈen.vi/ us/ˈen.vi/
B2 羡慕；忌妒
to wish that you had something that another person has
I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before. 她与人初次见面就能侃侃而谈，这真让我羡慕。
[ + two objects ] I don't envy you the job of cooking for all those people. 为所有那些人做饭，你这种工作我可不眼红。
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- Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
- Her luxurious lifestyle and personal ostentation were both hated and envied.
- I don't envy him his heavy workload.
- The man in the story starts to envy his friend's single lifestyle.
- She had always envied her sister's thick glossy hair and long willowy legs.
envy
noun [ U ] uk/ˈen.vi/ us/ˈen.vi/
B2 羡慕；忌妒
the feeling that you wish you had something that someone else has
I watched with envy as she set off for the airport. 看着她动身去机场，我心中好生羡慕。
Compare: jealousy
be the envy of someoneC2 是令…羡慕（或忌妒）的对象
to be liked and wanted by a lot of people
Her hair is the envy of the office. 她的一头秀发令同办公室的人好生羡慕。
They have a client list that would be the envy of any company.
Their financial success was the envy of other opera companies.
Their huge fish stocks were the envy of other countries around the world.
The exhibits on show here would be the envy of any museum.
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- Envy is one of the seven deadly sins.
- She felt a stab of envy when she saw all the expensive presents Zoe had been given for Christmas.
- She felt a faint stirring of envy when she heard that one of her colleagues had been promoted.
- Ben's heading off to Spain for the week and I'm green with envy.
- She felt a wave of envy towards her friend, on seeing how happy she was.