广播电视英语短句 第 151 课：词语-绿色-5

It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello." 这个表语大约是在一百年前英国的作家莎士比亚的戏剧奥赛罗中被使用到。

It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. 它也被用来描述想得到某些东西的某人产生的不愉快情感。

A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. 如果某个年轻男孩的女朋友开始跟其他人外出，他可能会遭受到嫉妒的折磨【the green-eyed monster】。

Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not. 或者，这种嫉妒也会影响到你的朋友，如果你得到加薪而她没有。