- [uncountable]
a feeling of being jealous 忌妒;妒羡;羡慕 Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2Her 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- intense
- pure
- …
- fit
- pang
- stab
- …
- feel
- arouse
- cause
- …
- jealousy of
- feelings of jealousy
- [countable]
an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous 忌妒,妒羡,羡慕(的言行)
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.