一、详细释义：


n.

嫉妒，妒忌；羡慕 [C]


例句：

Envy shoots at others and wounds himself.

妒忌别人，伤了自己。


例句：

She was consumed with envy.

她心中充满了妒忌。


v.

（感到或显示出）嫉妒，妒忌；羡慕 [I,T]


例句：

They envy him his good fortune.

他们羡慕他的好运气。


例句：

I envy her ability to dance in front of a crowd.

她在众人面前所展现的的舞技令我羡慕不已。


二、词义辨析：


envy,jealousy

这两个名词均有“妒忌”之意。 envy侧重指因别人获得了自己本想获得的东西或成就而产生妒忌。 jealousy强调对别人占有的东西恼恨不满。


三、参考例句：


She was consumed with envy.

她心中充满了妒忌。


Envy never enriched any man.

【谚】妒忌决不会致富。


She was consumed with envy.

她心中充满了妒忌。


Another posted: I envy them.

有一位网友这样写道。


Envy may dissatisfy us with our lot.

嫉妒可使我们对自己的命运不满意。


Her beauty causes envy and jealousy.

她的美丽招人妒羡。


I do envy your good luck.

我真是羡慕你的好运气。


I feel envy at his success.

我羡慕他的成功。


How to make others green with envy?

如何让他人嫉妒？


Envy shoots at others and wounds himself.

妒忌别人，伤了自己。