jealousy

noun

/ˈdʒeləsi/

(plural jealousies)

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[uncountable] a feeling of being jealous忌妒；妒羡；羡慕
- I felt sick with jealousy.我羡慕得要死。
- He felt a sudden stab of pure sexual jealousy.他突然感到一阵纯粹的性忌妒。
Extra Examples
- Her 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
Topics Feelingsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- extreme
- intense
- pure
- …
… of jealousy
- fit
- pang
- stab
- …
verb + jealousy
- feel
- arouse
- cause
- …
preposition
- jealousy of
phrases
- feelings of jealousy
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[countable] an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous忌妒，妒羡，羡慕（的言行）
- I'm tired of her petty jealousies.我厌烦她那小肚鸡肠的忌妒。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.