When you are elated, you are not just happy. You feel extremely happy and excited, almost lifted, because something good has happened or is about to happen. People use it after news that really matters: you got the place you wanted, your team won, a baby was born.

When you are elated當你elated的時候, you are not just happy不只是開心而已。 You feel extremely happy and excited你會覺得非常開心、非常興奮, almost lifted幾乎像是被托起來一樣, because something good has happened or is about to happen因為好事發生了，或即將發生。 People use it after news that really matters人們會在真正重要的消息之後用這個字: you got the place you wanted你拿到你想要的名額, your team won你的隊伍贏了, a baby was born有小孩出生了。

It is a little more careful than “thrilled” or “over the moon,” so it sits well in writing and in polite speech, but it is not stiff or official. Though actually you would not usually say you were elated about a sandwich; the feeling is bigger than everyday pleasure. It describes the person (she was elated), not the thing that caused it.

It is a little more careful它稍微謹慎一點 than "thrilled" or "over the moon,"比起「thrilled」或「over the moon」（狂喜） so it sits well in writing and in polite speech所以用在書面或正式一點的談話都合適, but it is not stiff or official但並不生硬也不官方。 Though actually不過其實 you would not usually say you were elated about a sandwich你通常不會說你為了一個三明治感到elated; the feeling is bigger than everyday pleasure這種感覺比日常的開心更強烈。 It describes the person它形容的是人 (she was elated)（比如she was elated）, not the thing that caused it不是造成這種感覺的事情。