jealous
adjective uk/ˈdʒel.əs/ us/ˈdʒel.əs/
(UNHAPPY)
B1 妒忌的；好妒忌的；吃醋的
upset and angry because someone that you love seems interested in another person
a jealous husband/wife 吃醋的丈夫／妻子
Anna says she feels jealous every time another woman looks at her boyfriend. 安娜说每次别的女人看她的男朋友她都会感到妒忌。
B2 嫉妒的
unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want
He had always been very jealous of his brother's good looks. 他兄弟的外貌总是让他嫉妒。
Compare: envious
- More examples
- Why are you jealous of her? She's no competition!
- In a moment of jealous frenzy, she cut the sleeves off all his shirts.
- She gets insanely jealous if he so much as looks at another woman.
- Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he went off with her best friend.
- He gets really jealous if his girlfriend strikes up a friendship with another man.
(CAREFUL)
小心守护的，唯恐失去的
extremely careful in protecting someone or something
She is very jealous of her independence, and doesn't want to get married. 她很珍惜自己的自由，不想结婚。
Her parents used to keep a jealous watch over her when she was young. 她小时候父母一直小心呵护她。