渐渐地，他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。用英语怎么说？

渐渐地，他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。

Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother...

gradually

adv. 逐步地，渐渐地，按部就班地，日趋，冉冉；

例句
He has gradually acquiesced to the demands of the opposition...
他渐渐顺从了反对派的要求。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

began

v. 开始( begin的过去式 )，着手，创始，创办；

例句
He began comically ad-libbing a script...
他即兴调侃起了一段剧本。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

acknowledge

vt. 承认，鸣谢，对…打招呼，告知已收到；

例句
Most Canadians acknowledge that the aboriginal people have had a rotten deal.
大多数加拿大人承认土著居民遭受了不公平的待遇。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

feelings

n. 感情，情绪，心情，情感，感觉( feeling的名词复数 )，感情，同情，知觉；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

envy

n. 嫉妒，妒忌，羡慕；vi. 感到妒忌，显示出妒

例句
She was caught between envy and admiration.
她不知是该妒忌还是该羡慕。

towards

prep. 朝，向，对于，接近，为了；

例句
...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.
那些不在子女身边、未能支付抚养费的父亲

mother

n. 母亲，妈妈，女修道院院长，大娘；vt. 像母亲般地照顾，养育，溺爱；

例句
I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well...
我感到自己已经完全接受了当妈妈的想法。