资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. {Envies}. [F. envie, L. invidia envious;
   akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in
   against + videre to see. See {Vision}.]
   1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]

            If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to
            the people.                           --Shak.

   2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the
      sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied
      with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal
      advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of;
      as, they did this in envy of C[ae]sar.

            Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of
            another, or anger and displeasure at any good of
            another which we want, or any advantage another hath
            above us.                             --Ray.

            No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more.
                                                  --Milton.

            Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is
            emulation in the learned or brave.    --Pope.

   3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]

            Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous
            envy.                                 --Ford.

   4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]

            To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. --B. Jonson.

   5. An object of envious notice or feeling.

            This constitution in former days used to be the envy
            of the world.                         --Macaulay.