名詞 envy:

1. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
   同義詞：enviousness
2. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
   同義詞：invidia

動詞 envy:

1. feel envious towards; admire enviously
2. be envious of; set one's heart on
   同義詞：begrudge

1. He's the envy of the whole street.
   整條街的人都很羨慕他。
2. They envy him his good fortune.
   他們羨慕他的好運氣。
3. He was filled with envy at my success.
   他對我的成功滿懷羨慕。
4. I envy you.
   我羨慕你。

en.vy

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 en.vies

A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
妒忌，羨慕：由于渴望得到他人的所有物或品質(zhì)而引起的不滿和怨恨的情緒
The object of such feeling:
羨慕的對象：引起這種感覺的事物：
例句：
Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.
他們的新游泳池受到鄰居的羨慕

Obsolete Malevolence.
【廢語】 惡毒，怨恨
v.tr.（及物動詞）
en.vied,en.vy.ing,en.vies
To feel envy toward.
對…感到羨慕
To regard with envy.
羨慕地看待

來源：
Middle English envie
中古英語 envie
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin invidia
源自 拉丁語 invidia
from invidus [envious]
源自 invidus [妒忌的]
from invidôre [to look at with envy]
源自 invidôre [妒忌地注視]
in- [in, on] * see en-
in- [在…里，在…上] *參見 en-
vidôre [to see] * see weid-
vidôre [看見] *參見 weid-
V., from Middle English envien
動詞，源自 中古英語 envien
from Old French envier
源自 古法語 envier
from Latin invidôre
源自 拉丁語 invidôre

【引伸】
en.vier
n.（名詞）
en.vyingly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>envy,begrudge,covetThese verbs mean to feel resentful or painful desire for another`s advantages or possessions.
這些動詞都具有對他人的優(yōu)點和所有物懷有憎惡或痛苦的渴望這一含義。
Envy is wider in range than the others since it combines discontent, resentment, and desire:
Envy 較其它詞具有更廣的范圍，因為它包含了不滿、憎惡和渴望幾個意思：
例句：
.When I peruse the conquered fame of heroes and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals. (Walt Whitman).
.當我細細咀嚼那些英雄的盛名和偉大的將軍們的勝利時，我并不羨慕那些將軍. （沃特·惠特曼）。

Begrudge stresses ill will and reluctance to acknowledge another`s right or claim:
Begrudge 強調(diào)惡意和不愿承認別人的權(quán)力和要求：
例句：
Why begrudge him his successô
為什么不愿承認他的成功ô

Covet stresses desire, especially a secret or culpable longing, for something to which one has no right:
Covet 強調(diào)渴望，尤其是私下或不正當?shù)叵Ｍ玫阶约簾o權(quán)得到的事物：
例句：
.as thorough an Englishman as ever coveted his neighbor`s goods. (Charles Kingsley).
.象一個英國人一貫所做的那樣垂涎鄰居的財物. （查理斯·金斯利）