happy
adj
(-ier, -iest)
1 ~ (about/in/with sth/sb) feeling or expressing pleasure, contentment,satisfaction, etc 有愉快、 滿意、 滿足等感受或表現的; 快樂的; 幸福的
a happy marriage, scene, memory, child, ending (to a book, etc) 美滿的婚姻、 歡喜的場面、 愉快的回憶、 幸福的孩子、 (書等的)圓滿的結尾
I won't be happy until I know she's safe. 我只有在知道她平安無事之後才會感到高興.
Are you happy in your work/withyour life? 你對工作[對生活]是否滿意?
2 (in greetings) full of joy (祝愿用語)快樂的
Happy birthday! 祝你生日快樂!
Happy Christmas! 祝你圣誕節快樂!
3 [pred 作表語]
~ to do sth (fml 文) pleased to do sth 樂於做某事
I am happy to be of service. 我很愿意提供幫助.
4 fortunate; lucky 幸運的; 運氣好的
He is in the happy position of never having to worry about money. 他真有福氣, 從來不需要為金錢之事操心.
5 (of words, ideas, behaviour, etc) well suited to the situation; pleasing (指言語、 思想、 行為等)恰如其分的, 令人滿意的
That wasn't a very happy choice of words. 那樣的措辭并不十分恰當.
6 (idm 習語) (as) happy as the day is `long/as a `sandboy/as `Larry very happy 非常快樂.a happy e`vent the birth of a child 弄璋或弄瓦之喜. a/the happy `medium thing that achieves a satisfactory avoidance of excess; balance between extremes 中庸之道; 折衷辦法
be/find/seek a happy medium 是[找/尋求]一個折衷辦法. many happy re`turns (of the `day) (used as a greeting to sb on his or her birthday 用作生日的祝詞).
?? 擴展釋義
*['h?pi]a. 快樂的, 幸福的, 愉快的, 恰當的相關詞組: make a few happy remarks at a send-off party