envy /ˈɛnvɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( envying, envied, envies )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has. 羡慕

  例：

  Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.

  渐渐地他开始承认自己对母亲的羡慕。

• 2. 

  V-T If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have. 羡慕

  例：

  I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world.

  我不羡慕那些成为电视超级明星而对其他世界一无所知的年轻人。

• 3. 

  N-SING If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it. 羡慕之处

  例：

  Their economy is the envy of the developing world.

  他们的经济令发展中国家羡慕。