• adj. 妒忌的；猜疑的；唯恐失去的；戒備的

來自拉丁語zelus,熱情，發(fā)奮，詞源同zeal.引申詞義熱情的，熱烈的，競爭的，原先主要用于形容愛情和情愛，詞義貶義化為羨慕的，妒忌的，并成為主要詞義。

jealous

jealous: [13] Etymologically, jealousy and zeal are two sides of the same coin. Both come ultimately from Greek zelos. This passed into post-classical Latin as zēlus, which later produced the adjective zēlōsus. Old French took this over as gelos or jelous and passed it on to English. The Greek word denoted ‘jealousy’ as well as ‘fervour, enthusiasm’, and it is this strand of meaning that has come down to us in jealous. Jalousie, incidentally, the French equivalent of jealousy, was borrowed into English in the 19th century in the sense ‘blind, shutter’ – the underlying notion apparently being that one can look through the slats without oneself being seen.
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jealous (adj.)

c. 1200, gelus, later jelus (early 14c.), "possessive and suspicious," originally in the context of sexuality or romance; in general use late 14c.; also in a more positive sense, "fond, amorous, ardent," from c. 1300, from Old French jalos "keen, zealous; avaricious; jealous" (12c., Modern French jaloux), from Late Latin zelosus, from zelus "zeal," from Greek zelos, sometimes "jealousy," but more often in a good sense ("emulation, rivalry, zeal"). See zeal. In biblical language (early 13c.) "tolerating no unfaithfulness."

Most of the words for 'envy' ... had from the outset a hostile force, based on 'look at' (with malice), 'not love,' etc. Conversely, most of those which became distinctive terms for 'jealousy' were originally used also in a good sense, 'zeal, emulation.' [Buck, pp.1138-9]

Among the ways to express this in other tongues are Swedish svartsjuka, literally "black-sick," from phrase bara svarta strumpor "wear black stockings," also "be jealous." Danish skinsyg "jealous," literally "skin-sick," is from skind "hide, skin" said to be explained by Swedish dialectal expression fa skinn "receive a refusal in courtship."

1. I worked myself into frenzy plotting ways to make him jealous.

我絞盡腦汁，處心積慮，就是為了讓他嫉妒。

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2. Pattie shot Tom in a fit of jealous rage.

帕蒂妒火中燒，開槍擊中了湯姆。

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3. I would be insanely jealous if Bill left me for another woman.

如果比爾為了別的女人離開我，我會妒忌得發(fā)瘋的。

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4. A thought struck her. Was she jealous of her mother, then?

她猛地冒出一個念頭：那么難道她在嫉妒母親嗎？

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5. Danny could be very jealous and possessive about me.

丹尼很愛吃醋，對我的占有欲很強。

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