envy的用法总结大全

n. 嫉妒，妒忌,羡慕

vi. 感到妒忌,显示出妒忌

变形：过去式: envied； 现在分词：envying； 过去分词：envied；

envy可以用作动词

envy的基本意思是“羡慕”,指羡慕别人的好运气或好境况,有时表示由此产生不快或不满,强调“想要而得不到”。

envy和否定词连用时,常表示一种温和的惋惜、同情,也常表示庆幸自己未曾遭遇到对方那样的麻烦或不幸。

envy作及物动词时,意思是“忌妒,羡慕”,后可接简单宾语、双宾语,也可以在宾语后接for加动名词等结构,但不能接从句。

envy用作动词的用法例句

They envy him his good fortune.他们羡慕他的好运气。

I envy her ability to dance in front of a crowd.她在众人面前所展现的的舞技令我羡慕不已。

Don't envy anyone who lives better than you.不要妒忌比你日子过得好的任何人。

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。

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。

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。