Exhilarating describes a thing, an activity or an experience that gives you a rush of excitement and energy — skiing, a fast bike ride, a live performance, the first minutes of a new job in a new city. It is the everyday member of this word family; of all the exhilarate words, this is the one you will hear and use most.

Exhilarating describesexhilarating 形容 a thing, an activity or an experience一件事、一個活動，或一段經驗，that gives you a rush of excitement and energy會讓你一陣興奮、充滿能量——skiing, a fast bike ride, a live performance, the first minutes of a new job in a new city滑雪、騎快車、現場表演、在新城市新工作的頭幾分鐘。It is the everyday member of this word family它是這個字族裡最日常的一個；of all the exhilarate words在所有 exhilarate 家族的字裡，this is the one you will hear and use most這是你最常聽到、最常用到的一個。

Speakers like it because it is warmer and more physical than "exciting": exciting can describe news you read on a screen, but exhilarating usually involves your body being in it — wind, speed, height, effort, sound. It also carries a hint of danger or difficulty being part of the pleasure.

Speakers like it because說話的人喜歡用它，因為 it is warmer and more physical than "exciting"它比 exciting 更溫暖、更貼近身體的感受：exciting can describe news you read on a screenexciting 可以拿來形容你在螢幕上看到的新聞，but exhilarating usually involves your body being in it但 exhilarating 通常牽涉到你的身體也參與其中——wind, speed, height, effort, sound風、速度、高度、費力、聲音。It also carries a hint of danger or difficulty它也帶著一絲危險或困難，being part of the pleasure而那正是快感的一部分。

That is why people pair it with words like "terrifying" and "scary" without contradiction: "an exhilarating and terrifying experience." It is a positive word, and quite a strong one, so it does not fit small pleasures. A good meal is lovely, not exhilarating.

That is why people pair it with words like "terrifying" and "scary" without contradiction這就是為什麼大家會把它跟 terrifying、scary 這類字放在一起，也不覺得矛盾："an exhilarating and terrifying experience"「an exhilarating and terrifying experience」（一段既刺激又嚇人的經驗）。It is a positive word它是個正面的字，and quite a strong one而且是相當強烈的正面，so it does not fit small pleasures所以不適合用在小小的樂趣上。A good meal is lovely一頓美味的飯是 lovely，not exhilarating不是 exhilarating。