v.羨慕；妒忌
n.羨慕；(妒忌的)對象
I envy her ability to dance in front of a crowd. 她在眾人面前所展現(xiàn)的的舞技令我羨慕不已。
Don't envy anyone who lives better than you. 不要妒忌比你日子過得好的任何人。
用作名詞 (n.)He was filled with envy at my success. 他對我的成功滿懷羨慕。
His new house was the envy of all his friends. 他的新居成了所有朋友羨慕的對象。
envy的基本意思是“羨慕”,指羨慕別人的好運氣或好境況,有時表示由此產(chǎn)生不快或不滿,強調(diào)“想要而得不到”。
envy和否定詞連用時,常表示一種溫和的惋惜、同情,也常表示慶幸自己未曾遭遇到對方那樣的麻煩或不幸。
envy作及物動詞時,意思是“忌妒,羨慕”,后可接簡單賓語、雙賓語,也可以在賓語后接for加動名詞等結(jié)構(gòu),但不能接從句。
envy間或用作不及物動詞,后接at加名詞或動名詞,意思是“感到羨慕”。
envy不可跟that從句。例如: 她羨慕你獲得了成功。誤:She envied you that you got success.正:She envied you your success.
下面3句話意思相同: 他們羨慕她的好運氣。正:They envied her her good luck.正:They envied her for having good luck.正:They envied her on account of her good luck.
