joy
n
1 [U] feeling of great happiness 快樂(lè); 愉快; 喜悅
the sheer joy of seeing you again after all these years 別後多年重見(jiàn)到你之不勝欣喜
overcome with (a deep sense of) joy 喜不自勝
to dance, jump, shout, etc for joy, ie because of feeling great joy 高興得跳起舞來(lái)、 蹦蹦跳跳、 喊叫起來(lái)等.
2 [C] person or thing that makes one feel very happy 令人極快樂(lè)的人或事物
He is a great joy to listen to. 他這個(gè)人, 聽他講話就是極大的樂(lè)趣.
one of the simple joys of life 人生中的一件平凡樂(lè)事.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) full of the joys of spring => full. (get/have) no joy (from sb) (obtain) no success or satisfaction 未(獲得)成功或滿足
They complained about the bad service, but got no joy from the manager. 他們反映服務(wù)質(zhì)量差, 但經(jīng)理并未理會(huì). sb's pride and joy => pride.
?? 考研助記
找到了job(工作),充滿了joy(高興) 撿(j)個(gè)男孩(boy)很 高興
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[d??i]n. 歡喜, 樂(lè)事, 高興vt. 使快樂(lè), 令人高興vi. 歡喜相關(guān)詞組: to our great joy for joy