ENVY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of envy in English
B2 to
wish that you had something that another
person has:
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(Definition of envy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of envy
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Neither envy nor misfortune creeps into our peaceful valley; our cares are our work.
In contemporary society, there are strong social norms against such envy .
The suffering of grief, envy , and anxiety, for example, do not relate to the nervous system.
Because dealing with fair-share complaints is lexically prior to dealing with envy complaints, the mean plays an absolutely pivotal role.
He then goes on and adopts the equal-split auction as an ideal mechanism which guarantees that the resulting allocation is envy -free.
Then the above specification of envy -freeness is not applicable because the two are unequally entitled to the inheritance.
We happen to believe that both destructive envy and conflicting wishes for separateness and union are important ideas for understanding mental distress.
The little girl envied the princess with the maid who was eating chocolates.
Christians are martyred to satiate the mob's class envy , economic, and social dissatisfaction, even desire for yet further sensational entertainments.
In an attempt to better differentiate jealousy from envy in children, investigators devised two different situations within a social triad to distinctly elicit jealousy.
He seems unaware that envy might trigger other emotions.
This might cause me to envy you + a belief together with a relevant desire triggers an emotion.
There are some cases in which, undeniably, a talented person would envy a less talented one.
It is the envy of many other countries that wish that they could establish a similar practice in their own schools.
For example, we need to look at how many people of either group envy other people, and how much ground there is for their envy .
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羡慕, 忌妒…
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羡慕, 忌妒…
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envidiar, envidia, envidia [feminine]…
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invejar, ter inveja de, inveja…
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हेवा वाटणे - दुसऱ्या व्यक्तीकडे असलेले आपल्याकडे असण्याची इच्छा असणे., हेवा, मत्सर - इतर कुणाकडे असलेले आपल्याकडे असण्याची इच्छा…
うらやましさ, （人）をうらやむ, うらやましく思（おも）う…
kıskançlık, gıpta, imrenme…
envier, envie [feminine], jalousie [feminine]…
afgunst, benijden, jaloers zijn op…
வேறொரு நபரிடம் உங்களிடம் ஏதாவது இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று விரும்புவது, வேறொருவர் வைத்திருக்கும் ஒன்றை நீங்கள் விரும்புகிறீர்கள் என்ற உணர்வு…
avund, avundsjuka, vara avundsjuk på…
berasa iri hati, iri hati…
misunne, misunnelse [masculine], misunnelse…
حسد ہونا, جلن ہونا, رشک ہونا…
заздрість, об'єкт заздрощів, заздрити (комусь)…
ঈর্ষা, অন্য ব্যক্তির কাছে যা আছে তা পাবার ইচ্ছা, অন্য কারোর যা আছে তা চাওয়া…
iri hati, merasa iri, mengirikan…
sự thèm muốn, thèm muốn, cảm thấy thèm muốn…
zazdrość, zazdrościć, zawiść…
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