Tra từ envy - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

envy [envy envies envied envying] noun, verb BrE [ˈenvi] NAmE [ˈenvi]
noun uncountable
the feeling of wanting to be in the same situation as sb else; the feeling of wanting sth that sb else has
Syn: ↑jealousy
•~ (of sb) He couldn't conceal his envy of me.
•~ (at/of sth) She felt a pang of envy at the thought of his success.
•They looked with envy at her latest purchase.
•Her colleagues were green with envy (= they had very strong feelings of ↑envy ).
see also ↑enviable, ↑envious

Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.

Example Bank:
•Her car was an object of envy among her friends.
•Her car was an object of envy in the neighbourhood.
•Her youth and looks aroused extreme envy in her rivals.
•I detected a tinge of envy in her tone.
•I felt a twinge of envy for the people who lived there.
•I had no envy of his success.
•I look with envy on those lucky people with big families.
•I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.
•the Freudian concept of penis envy
•the envy she felt for her sister
•Her colleagues were green with envy.
Idiom: ↑the envy of somebody

verb (en·vies, envy·ing, en·vied, en·vied)
1. to wish you had the same qualities, possessions, opportunities, etc. as sb else
•~ sb He envied her— she seemed to have everything she could possibly want.
•~ sth She has always envied my success.
•~ sb sth I envied him his good looks.
•~ sb doing sth I envy you having such a close family.
2. to be glad that you do not have to do what sb else has to do
•not ~ sb It's a difficult situation you're in. I don't envy you.
•not ~ sb sth I don't envy her that job.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.

Example Bank:
•I secretly envied her for her good looks.
•I don't envy Ed that job.
•She had always envied my success.