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envy是什么意思

envy

英 ['env?] 美 ['?nvi]

n. 嫉妒，妒忌；羨慕
vt. 嫉妒，妒忌；羨慕
vi. 感到妒忌；顯示出妒忌

中文詞源

envy 羨慕，嫉妒

來自拉丁語invidia, 來自詞根vid, 看，詞源同video,visage. 詞義貶義化，指不懷好意的看。

英文詞源

envy: envy: [13] The underlying meaning of envy is simply ‘look at someone’ – the implication being, ‘with malice or resentment’. The word comes via Old French envie from Latin invidia ‘malice’ (source of English invidious [17]), which was a derivative of invidēre ‘look at with malice’. This in turn was a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘in, on’ and vidēre ‘see’ (whence English vision).
=> invidious, view, vision
envy (n.): late 13c., from Old French envie "envy, jealousy, rivalry" (10c.), from Latin invidia "envy, jealousy" (source also of Spanish envidia, Portuguese inveja), from invidus "envious, having hatred or ill-will," from invidere "to envy, hate," earlier "look at (with malice), cast an evil eye upon," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + videre "to see" (see vision).
Jealousy is the malign feeling which is often had toward a rival, or possible rival, for the possession of that which we greatly desire, as in love or ambition. Envy is a similar feeling toward one, whether rival or not, who already possesses that which we greatly desire. Jealousy is enmity prompted by fear; envy is enmity prompted by covetousness. [Century Dictionary]
Similar formations in Avestan nipashnaka "envious," also "look at;" Old Church Slavonic zavideti "to envy," from videti "to see;" Lithuanian pavydeti "to envy," related to veizdeti "to see, to look at."
envy (v.): late 14c., from Old French envier "envy, be envious of," from envie (see envy (n.)). Related: Envied; envying.

雙語例句

1. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.: 潛意識里的嫉妒常表現為這種傲慢自大。

2. Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.: 格洛弗認為史密斯說他壞話，也許是出于嫉妒。

3. Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.: 漸漸地，他開始承認自己羨慕母親。

4. Maybe there is jealousy, but I think the envy is more powerful.: 也許是羨慕，但我認為更多的是嫉妒。

5. Britain is now the envy of the world's record companies.: 英國現在是全世界唱片公司羨慕的對象。

envy是什么意思

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