jealous
英 ['dʒeləs]
美['dʒɛləs]
- adj. 妒忌的；猜疑的；唯恐失去的；戒备的
词态变化
副词: jealously;
中文词源
jealous 羡慕的，妒忌的
来自拉丁语zelus,热情，发奋，词源同zeal.引申词义热情的，热烈的，竞争的，原先主要用于形容爱情和情爱，词义贬义化为羡慕的，妒忌的，并成为主要词义。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- jealous
- jealous: [13] Etymologically, jealousy and zeal are two sides of the same coin. Both come ultimately from Greek zelos. This passed into post-classical Latin as zēlus, which later produced the adjective zēlōsus. Old French took this over as gelos or jelous and passed it on to English. The Greek word denoted ‘jealousy’ as well as ‘fervour, enthusiasm’, and it is this strand of meaning that has come down to us in jealous. Jalousie, incidentally, the French equivalent of jealousy, was borrowed into English in the 19th century in the sense ‘blind, shutter’ – the underlying notion apparently being that one can look through the slats without oneself being seen.
=> zeal - jealous (adj.)
- c. 1200, gelus, later jelus (early 14c.), "possessive and suspicious," originally in the context of sexuality or romance; in general use late 14c.; also in a more positive sense, "fond, amorous, ardent," from c. 1300, from Old French jalos "keen, zealous; avaricious; jealous" (12c., Modern French jaloux), from Late Latin zelosus, from zelus "zeal," from Greek zelos, sometimes "jealousy," but more often in a good sense ("emulation, rivalry, zeal"). See zeal. In biblical language (early 13c.) "tolerating no unfaithfulness."
Most of the words for 'envy' ... had from the outset a hostile force, based on 'look at' (with malice), 'not love,' etc. Conversely, most of those which became distinctive terms for 'jealousy' were originally used also in a good sense, 'zeal, emulation.' [Buck, pp.1138-9]
Among the ways to express this in other tongues are Swedish svartsjuka, literally "black-sick," from phrase bara svarta strumpor "wear black stockings," also "be jealous." Danish skinsyg "jealous," literally "skin-sick," is from skind "hide, skin" said to be explained by Swedish dialectal expression fa skinn "receive a refusal in courtship."
实用场景例句
- a jealous wife/husband
- 好吃醋的妻子 / 丈夫
牛津词典
- He's only talking to her to make you jealous.
- 他跟她讲话就是为了让你妒忌。
牛津词典
- She's jealous of my success.
- 她忌妒我的成功。
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- Children often feel jealous when a new baby arrives.
- 新生婴儿出世时孩子常常感到忌妒。
牛津词典
- They are very jealous of their good reputation (= they do not want to lose it) .
- 他们极为珍惜自己的声誉。
牛津词典
- She eyed Natalia jealously.
- 她妒忌地看着纳塔利娅。
牛津词典
- a jealously guarded secret
- 严守的秘密
牛津词典
- She got insanely jealous and there was a terrible fight.
- 她妒忌得发疯，结果是大吵一架。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She was jealous of his wealth...
- 她忌妒他的富有。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You're jealous because the record company rejected your idea.
- 你之所以妒忌是因为唱片公司拒绝接受你的想法。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You seem mistrustful even of your friends.
- 看来你连自己的朋友都信不过了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Peter was obsessively jealous and his behaviour was driving his wife away.
- 彼得过分嫉妒的举止令他的妻子想离他而去.
《简明英汉词典》
- I am jealous of you.
- 我真羡慕你.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- John is really jealous of my new house — he's as sick as a parrot.
- 约翰非常嫉妒我有了一栋新房子,他是个十足的妒忌鬼.
《简明英汉词典》
- Young girls sometimes become sulky because they are jealous.
- 少女们因为嫉妒而有时变得很不高兴.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A loving man is always a jealous man.
- 钟情之人常是妒忌之人.
《简明英汉词典》
- These four crooked ministers are jealous of real talent and block righteous conduct.
- 这四个贼臣弄权,嫉贤妒能,闭塞贤路.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I'm very jealous of your new job.
- 我很羡慕你的这个新工作.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.
- 当他发现她爱别人的时候,他吃醋了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is mortally jealous.
- 他非常嫉妒.
《简明英汉词典》
- Othello was a jealous husband.
- 奥赛罗是位妒忌心重的丈夫.
《简明英汉词典》
- An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.
- 一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He is jealous of his wife's love.
- 他珍惜他太太的爱.
《简明英汉词典》
- You have an intellectual rapport, a kind of easy companionship that makes me really jealous.
- 你机智友善、平易近人，真是让我嫉妒。
柯林斯例句
- A man was found guilty yesterday of stabbing his wife after he became jealous of her cybersex relationship.
- 一名男子因嫉恨妻子的网上性关系而将其刺伤，昨天他被判有罪。
柯林斯例句
- He's rude to her friends and obsessively jealous.
- 他对她的朋友很无礼而且嫉妒心重。
柯林斯例句
- I worked myself into frenzy plotting ways to make him jealous.
- 我绞尽脑汁，处心积虑，就是为了让他嫉妒。
柯林斯例句
- Douglas was often cruelly tormented by jealous siblings.
- 道格拉斯经常被嫉妒他的兄弟姐妹整得很惨。
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