envy

1.对于人envy（名词）后面接of，对于事物后面接of或at，如his envy of his brother和his envy of（或at）his brother's success。

2.I envy his success和I envy him his success两句意思相同。第二句里的his success假使改用动名词，在动名词前面必须加上for。例如：I envy him for having read Homer in the original.

3.envy原来是“妬忌”，是贬意的，但也转作“羡慕”的意思。例如：

• I envy you. I envy your success.
• I envy you your success.
• I envy you for having read Homer in the original.

4.I envy you your success是“我羡慕你的成功。”I don't envy you your trouble的含意是“我真侥倖，我没有像你那样的麻烦。”I don't envy you, being stuck in the city year in year out和He is ill again, and I don't envy him里的I don't envy有相似的意思。