jealous

Compared meaning: feeling envy or jealousy (adjective).

比较义项：嫉妒的（形容词）。

• jealous 本词

  Stronger, more emotional, and more colloquial; often carries resentment or insecurity, and is the natural word when the feeling is tied to a relationship or rivalry rather than just an object someone else has.

  语气更强烈、更口语化，常带有怨恨或不安的情绪，尤其在因人际关系或竞争而产生这种感觉时是最自然的用词，而不只是单纯羡慕别人拥有的东西。

  He got jealous when he saw his girlfriend laughing with another man.

  看到女朋友和别的男人有说有笑时，他感到很嫉妒。

• envious

  More neutral and slightly more formal; simply describes wanting a quality, achievement or thing that someone else has, without the resentment or fear of loss that jealous can carry.

  语气更中性、略正式，只是单纯表达想要别人所拥有的某种特质、成就或东西，不带jealous那种怨恨或担心失去的意味。

  I always feel envious of people who can eat anything without gaining weight.

  我总是羡慕那些怎么吃都不会胖的人。

Both words mean feeling unhappy because someone else has what you want. Jealous is stronger and more emotional, often about relationships, and can include resentment or fear of loss. Envious is more neutral and formal, simply meaning wanting what another person has.

这两个词在“嫉妒”这一意义上很接近，都表示因为别人拥有自己想要的东西或处境而感到不快；区别在于语气和场景：jealous更口语化，情绪更强烈，常带有不安、怨恨或惧怕失去的意味，尤其常用于感情、关系类的争风吃醋；envious语气更中性、略正式，只是单纯表达“羡慕、想要”，不带那种防备或怨恨的色彩。