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If something is joyless, there is no happiness in it at all — not a little, not hiding in the corner, none. A joyless job, a joyless meal, a joyless house: the word is strong. People reach for it when life or an event feels empty and grey, not merely “not very fun.” It is more at home in writing and serious talk than in quick chat. Though actually, it does not always mean someone is crying or angry. Sometimes it means the fun has been taken out, and what is left is only work, habit, or a smile that does not mean anything. It describes people, places, and stretches of time.
毫無歡樂的；了無生趣的
組成joy + -less. -less means “without.” From joy + -less.
同家族的字
- joyjoyless is joy with -less, meaning without joy
原始詞典資料1 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。
joylessadj
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Without joy; unhappy, sad.
- Without Joy, my life is joyless!
- The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud.
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。