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enviable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·vi·a·ble /ˈenviəbəl/ adjective  JEALOUSan enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it 令人羡慕的 Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living. 现在他已不必为生计而工作,着实令人羡慕。enviably adverb
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enviableThe evaluators' initial impression was of a school with a fairly traditional outlook but one in which facilities were enviable.His was not an enviable duty.And to die in one's sleep without distress to oneself or inconvenience to others is an enviable end.As the whole, the society is in enviable financial shape.Burns is now in the enviable position of being able to make any film he wants.Many believe he is in an enviable position of having to choose between the city giants.We maintain an enviable record against schools five and 10 times our size.Toyota has an enviable reputation for bulletproof cars, a reputation that could have been built on Camry alone.On the face of it, there was an enviable simplicity about Armstrong's own view.
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enviable
enviable /ˈenviəbəl/ adjective
an enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it:
    Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living.
—enviably adverb


en·vi·ableBrE /ˈenviəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈenviəbl/ 🔊 adjectivesomething that is enviable is the sort of thing that is good and that other people want to have too 令人羡慕的;引起忌妒的He is in the enviable position of having two job offers to choose from. 他有两份工作可选,真让人羡慕。🔊🔊 OPP unenviable en·vi·ably BrE /ˈenviəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈenviəbli/ 🔊 adverban enviably mild climate温和得让人羡慕的气候