enviable
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɛn.vi.ə.bl̩/
美 /ˈɛn.vɪ.ə.b(ə)l/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
— Sundrie other Gent[lemen] reſt beholden to this hundred, for their dvvellings, vvho, in an enuiable mediocritie of fortune, do happilie poſſeſſe themſelues, and communicate their ſufficient means to the ſeruice of their prince, the good of their neighbours, and the bettering of their ovvn eſtate: […]
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Etymology tree
Old French enviebor.
Middle English envie
English envy
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English enviable
From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).
Old French enviebor.
Middle English envie
English envy
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English enviable
From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).
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