- to wish you had the same qualities, possessions, opportunities, etc. as somebody else羡慕;忌妒
- envy somebody He envied her—she seemed to have everything she could possibly want.他羡慕她,她似乎要什么有什么。
- envy something She has always envied my success.她一直忌妒我的成功。
- envy somebody (for) something I envied him his good looks.我羡慕他的英俊。
- I secretly envied her for her good looks.我暗暗羡慕她姣好的容貌。
- envy somebody doing something I envy you having such a close family.我羡慕你有这么一个关系紧密的家庭。
Topics Feelingsc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionSee full entry - to be glad that you do not have to do what somebody else has to do庆幸(不必做别人非做不可的事)
- not envy somebody It's a difficult situation you're in. I don't envy you.你的处境很困难,万幸不是我摊上。
- not envy somebody something I don't envy her that job.我庆幸没做她那样的工作。
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.