When someone else has a thing you want — a phone, a grade, a trip, an easy kind of life — that wanting is envy. Enviously is how you do something with that feeling in it: you look enviously, speak enviously, watch enviously. The picture is always the same: they have it; you do not; you wish you did.

When someone else has a thing you want當別人擁有你想要的東西——a phone一支手機、a grade一個成績、a trip一趟旅行、an easy kind of life一種輕鬆的生活——that wanting is envy那種想要的感覺就是envy（羨慕）。Enviously is how you do something with that feeling in itenviously就是帶著那種感覺去做一件事：you look enviously你會用羨慕的眼神看、speak enviously用羨慕的語氣說話、watch enviously用羨慕的樣子看著。The picture is always the same畫面永遠一樣：they have it他們擁有、you do not你沒有、you wish you did你希望自己也有。

Though actually, everyday English is messy here. In the tidy school rule, envious is “I want yours,” and jealous is “I am afraid to lose mine,” especially in love. In real talk, people say jealous for both, all the time — “I’m so jealous of your holiday” when they mean envious.

Though actually不過其實 everyday English is messy here日常英文在這裡有點混亂。In the tidy school rule照課本上乾淨的規則，envious is envious的意思是「I want yours我想要你的」，and jealous is而jealous的意思是「I am afraid to lose mine我怕失去我自己的」，especially in love尤其是在感情裡。In real talk在真實對話裡，people say jealous for both大家兩種情況都說jealous，all the time常常都這樣——I'm so jealous of your holiday「我好jealous你的假期」 when they mean envious其實他們指的是envious（羨慕）。

Songs and friends do this constantly. Careful writing still keeps them apart, but you will hear the mix everywhere, and it does not make you a bad learner if you have mixed them too.

Songs and friends歌曲和朋友之間 do this constantly一直都是這樣說。Careful writing講究的寫作 still keeps them apart還是會把兩個字分清楚，but you will hear the mix everywhere但你到處都會聽到混用，and it does not make you a bad learner這不代表你是個不好的學習者 if you have mixed them too就算你也曾經搞混過。

The word is ordinary, a little unkind as a feeling, not slang and not stiff. You cannot use it for a thing nobody has yet; there has to be someone else already holding it.

The word is ordinary這個字很普通，a little unkind as a feeling當作一種感覺來說有點不太友善，not slang and not stiff不是俚語，也不生硬。You cannot use it你不能用這個字 for a thing nobody has yet來說一個還沒有人擁有的東西；there has to be someone else一定要有別人 already holding it已經擁有那個東西。