envy

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

Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother. 漸漸地他開始承認(rèn)自己對母親的羨慕。

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

I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world. 我不羨慕那些成為電視超級明星而對其他世界一無所知的年輕人。

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

Their economy is the envy of the developing world. 他們的經(jīng)濟(jì)令發(fā)展中國家羨慕。