“jealousy”和“envy”到底一不一樣？

在我們的觀念里，

“嫉妒”和“妒忌”

好像沒什么太大的差別。

可是在英語中，

jealousy和envy這兩個(gè)詞的意思

你必須要仔細(xì)區(qū)分，

才不會(huì)用錯(cuò)地方。

Jealousy /'d?el?s?/ n. 妒忌

By the term, jealousy we mean an unpleasant feeling, aroused when you fear someone is trying to take, which happens to be yours.

我們所說的jealousy指的是你害怕某人想要奪走你的東西時(shí)而產(chǎn)生的一種不愉快的感覺。

To put simply, jealousy occurs when there is an insecurity or anxiety over an expected loss status, position or something of personal value to another person that belongs to you.

簡(jiǎn)單地說，jealousy指當(dāng)你對(duì)地位、立場(chǎng)或本屬于你的有個(gè)人價(jià)值的事物感到有失去的可能時(shí)而產(chǎn)生的恐懼和焦慮。

Further, it is a complex emotion that gives rise to many other feelings such as anger, helplessness, humiliation, etc.

此外，它還是一種會(huì)引起許多其他的情感，如憤怒、無助、羞辱等的復(fù)雜的情感。

Envy /'env?/ n. 嫉妒，妒忌

We define envy as a feeling of covetousness and begrudging, aroused when a person lacks someone else s exceptional quality, possession or success, advantages, etc.

我們把envy定義為一種貪婪和不情愿的感覺。它發(fā)生在當(dāng)一個(gè)人感覺到他缺乏他人的卓越品質(zhì)、財(cái)富或成功、優(yōu)勢(shì)等時(shí)。

Envy is an emotion, experienced by people who are dissatisfied with their self-image or who has low self-esteem, as they feel inferior to the person they envy.

Envy是那些對(duì)自己的自我形象不滿意或自尊心不強(qiáng)的人會(huì)有的一種情緒，其實(shí)就是他們覺得自己不如自己所嫉妒的人。

舉個(gè)例子：

If you want your neighbor's new convertible, you feel envy. If she takes your husband for a ride, you feel jealousy.

如果你想要鄰居的新敞篷車，你會(huì)envy。如果她帶你丈夫去兜風(fēng)，你會(huì)jealousy。

總的來說就是

envy: 側(cè)重指因別人獲得了自己本想獲得的東西或成就而產(chǎn)生妒忌。

jealousy: 強(qiáng)調(diào)對(duì)別人占有的東西惱恨不滿。