envious,詞根為“envy”和“ous”“envy”意為“嫉妒”,既可作為名詞也可作為動詞。以“ous”結尾的單詞通常作為形容詞,因此“envious”翻譯為“嫉妒的;羨慕的”。
牛津詞典解釋為:想要得到和某人同樣的待遇或得到某人所擁有的某物。常用作“be envious of sb.”例句:1.Everyone is so envious of her. (所有人都那麽羨慕她。)2.They were envious of his success. (他們嫉妒他的成功。)
派生詞:“enviously”,副詞,意為“嫉妒地”,例句:They look enviously at the success of their European counterparts. (他們看著歐洲同行的成功,羨慕不已。)
另外常用的表示“嫉妒的”的單詞還有jealous。二者同樣翻譯為“羨慕的;嫉妒的”,但是envious更偏向“羨慕的”而jealous更偏向“嫉妒的”。例句:He is only talking to her to make you jealous. (他跟她講話就是為了讓妳妒忌。)