- 1aB1
/dɪˈlaɪtɪd/
Very pleased and happy, usually because something good has happened or because of something someone has done for you.
非常高興;很開心
核心畫面
You can picture the moment a piece of good news lands and your face changes before you can control it — the smile that arrives on its own. Delighted is happiness that has a cause and a direction: something happened, or someone did something for you, and you are pleased about that particular thing. It is warmer and more definite than just 'happy', and it points outward at whatever caused it.
可以想成好消息傳進來的那一秒:你還來不及控制表情,笑就先浮上來了。delighted 的高興是有來由、有對象的——是…更多收起
可以想成好消息傳進來的那一秒:你還來不及控制表情,笑就先浮上來了。delighted 的高興是有來由、有對象的——是「因為某件事」而開心,不是一種背景般的心情。它比 happy 更強、更明亮,也更外顯:對方看得出你很高興,而且知道你在為什麼高興。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
delightedadj/dɪˈlaɪtɪd/
- 1
Greatly pleased.
- I am so delighted with my Tusculan villa that I never feel really happy till I get there.
- Number forty-seven said to number three: / You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. / I sure would be delighted with your company. / Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
- 2
Filled with wonder and delight.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。