jealous

英 ['dʒeləs] 美 ['dʒeləs]

• adj. 妒忌的；羡慕的；嫉妒的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 妒忌的,猜疑的

   feeling or showing fear or resentment of possible rivals in love or affection

2. 妒羡的; 羡慕的

   feeling or showing resentment of sb's advantages, achievements, etc.; envious

3. 精心守护的; 珍惜的

   anxiously protective

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 妒忌的，吃醋的，妒忌心重的
2. 爱惜的，珍惜的
3. 猜疑的
4. 小心守护的，精心守护的，唯恐失去的
5. 羡慕的，妒羡的
6. 留意提防的，注意的，戒备的
7. 【宗】要求绝对忠实和崇敬的
8. 由妒忌所引起的，处于妒忌的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages;

   "he was never covetous before he met her"
   "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
   "envious of their art collection"
   

2. suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival;

   "a jealous lover"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He was hounded out of his job by jealous rivals.
   他受到忌妒他的竞争者的算计而被迫离职。
2. He was said to be jealous of her.
   据说是他忌妒她。
3. I was jealous of Mary's new bicycle.
   我很羡慕玛丽的新自行车。
4. He is jealous of his colleague's success.
   他嫉妒同事的成功。
5. Do you need to worship another jealous human being?
   你们会去崇拜一个有嫉妒心的人?

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Othello was a jealous husband.
   奥赛罗是位妒忌心很重的丈夫。
2. She is keeping a jealous eye on her husband.
   她猜疑地提防着自己的丈夫。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. He is mortally jealous.
   他非常嫉妒。
2. Don't ask her to dance with you, her husband is very jealous.
   别要求她与你跳舞,她的丈夫很妒忌。
3. He was very jealous when his wife danced with you.
   他的太太和你跳舞时,他醋劲大发。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. Tom was jealous of John.
   汤姆妒忌约翰。
2. They may feel jealous of your success.
   他们可能会嫉妒你的成就。
3. I'm very jealous of your new job.
   我很羡慕你的这份新工作。
4. He is jealous of his wife's love.
   他珍惜他太太的爱。
5. He is jealous for his right.
   他极力维护自己的权利。

S+be+～+that-clause

1. I was jealous that you had another friend.
   我妒忌你有了另一个朋友。

经典引文

• A person of possessive and jealous desire.

  出自： H. E. Bates

• Some guys would get jealous if their wife played tennis with another man.

  出自： J. Barth

• He was so insanely jealous Couldn't stand the thought of her meeting another man.

  出自： N. Mailer

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• jealous eye 监视
• jealous husband 好妒忌的丈夫
• jealous looks 嫉妒的样子

副词+～

• bitterly〔blindly, violently〕 jealous 非常〔盲目,极端〕嫉妒

～+介词

• jealous of achievement〔the prize〕 嫉妒成就〔奖金〕
• jealous of sb's success 嫉妒某人的成功
• jealous of honor〔reputation, rights〕 珍惜自己的荣誉〔名誉,权利〕

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. jealous的基本意思是“嫉妒的,妒忌的”,指对别人拥有的物品、资质等愤恨不满,有时还可作“注意的,谨慎的”解。jealous of一般有褒贬两种意义,主语与of后的人称一致时含褒义,常译成“珍爱的,爱惜的”,反之则为贬义,译成“妒忌的”。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的gelos；最初源自古希腊语的zelos，意为竞争，热情。

近反义词

【近义词】

• anxious
• careful
• resentful
• watchful

【反义词】

• indifferent
• trustful