envy

英 [ˈen.vi]      美 [ˈen.vi]
  • n. 嫉妒,妒忌;羡慕
  • vt. 嫉妒,妒忌;羡慕
  • vi. 感到妒忌;显示出妒忌
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将“envy”与“en”和“vy”结合记忆。想象自己因为看到别人(“en”)拥有的美好事物(“vy”如胜利、荣誉)而感到羡慕。通过这样的场景联想,可以更容易地记住“envy”这个单词。

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envy 羡慕,嫉妒

来自拉丁语invidia, 来自词根vid, 看,词源同video,visage. 词义贬义化,指不怀好意的看。

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.
1. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.
潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。
2. Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.
格洛弗认为史密斯说他坏话,也许是出于嫉妒。
3. Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.
渐渐地,他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。
4. Maybe there is jealousy, but I think the envy is more powerful.
也许是羡慕,但我认为更多的是嫉妒。
5. Britain is now the envy of the world's record companies.
英国现在是全世界唱片公司羡慕的对象。

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