begrudge

英 [bɪˈɡrʌdʒ]

美 [bɪˈɡrʌdʒ]

v.  嫉妒; 对(某人所享有的)感到不满; 勉强做; 不乐意地做(或付出)

过去式：begrudged　第三人称单数：begrudges　现在分词：begrudging　过去分词：begrudged　

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BNC.21424 / COCA.20345

牛津词典

verb

• 嫉妒；对（某人所享有的）感到不满
  to feel unhappy that sb has sth because you do not think that they deserve it
  1. You surely don't begrudge him his happiness.
     你肯定不是嫉妒他的幸福吧。
  2. I don't begrudge her being so successful.
     我并没有因她如此成功而怏怏不乐。
• 勉强做；不乐意地做（或付出）
  to feel unhappy about having to do, pay or give sth
  1. I begrudge every second I spent trying to help him.
     我为了帮助他而花掉的每一秒钟都令我不痛快。
  2. They begrudge paying so much money for a second-rate service.
     花这么多的钱，却得到二流的服务，他们十分不快。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 妒忌；嫉妒
  If you do notbegrudgesomeone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
  1. I certainly don't begrudge him the Nobel Prize.
     我当然不会嫉妒他得了诺贝尔奖。
• VERB 吝啬；吝惜；舍不得
  If you do notbegrudgesomething such as time or money, you do not mind giving it up.
  1. I do not begrudge the money I have lost.
     我不在乎自己丢的钱。

英英释义

verb

• wish ill or allow unwillingly
  Synonym:resent
• be envious of
  Synonym:envy

双语例句

• Now, in this country, we don't begrudge anyone wealth or success – we encourage it.
  现在，在这个国家，我们不嫉妒任何人富裕或成功――我们鼓励它。
• We used to begrudge money for projects in those areas.
  我们在这方面老是舍不得花钱。
• Don't begrudge her visits to her parents.
  不要不痛快她回娘家。
• Later, when the novelty wore off, some people were apt to begrudge the time they spent in voting as so much labor time lost from their fields.
  后来，这股新鲜劲儿一过，有些人就觉得把下地干活的时间花费在选举上实在不值得。
• Evans tells the Herald Sun newspaper they don't begrudge the bill because they have a healthy daughter.
  埃文斯告诉《先驱太阳报》，他们舍得这笔钱，因为他们的女儿非常健康。
• To acquire good handwriting, one mustn't begrudge time spent on practice.
  练字必须舍得下工夫。
• No one could begrudge him the money-he's such a nice person.
  没有人会忌妒他那笔钱他人那么好。
• She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.
  她决不吝惜花在她子女身上的教育费。
• I begrudge spending so much money on buying clothes.
  我舍不得在买衣服上花这么多钱。
• I don't begrudge him his success.
  我并不妒忌他的成功。