Uplifting describes something that makes your heart feel lighter and gives you hope. It is an adjective, and it is almost always about the effect a thing has on you, not about the thing's own mood: an uplifting song, an uplifting film, an uplifting piece of news.

Uplifting形容的是 something that makes your heart feel lighter and gives you hope讓你心情變輕鬆、帶給你希望的東西. It這 is an adjective是形容詞, and而且 it is almost always about the effect a thing has on you幾乎都是在講一件事物對你造成的影響, not不是 about the thing's own mood在講那件事物本身的心情: an uplifting song一首uplifting的歌, an uplifting film一部uplifting的電影, an uplifting piece of news一則uplifting的新聞

Notice that the feeling it points to is a lift — you were low, or flat, or tired, and afterwards you feel better and more hopeful than before. That is why 'uplifting' fits a sad story with a hopeful ending so well.

Notice要注意 that the feeling it points to is a lift它指的感覺是一種「提升」 — you were low, or flat, or tired你原本低落、沒精神或疲累, and然後 afterwards之後 you feel better and more hopeful than before感覺比之前更好、更有希望. That這 is why就是為什麼 'uplifting' fits a sad story with a hopeful ending so welluplifting特別適合形容悲傷卻有希望結局的故事

A film about a poor family who finally succeed can be called uplifting even though you cried in the middle. If a story is only happy from start to finish, English speakers are more likely to say 'cheerful' or 'fun'. Uplifting keeps a little of the climb in it.

A film about a poor family who finally succeed一部講窮困家庭最後成功的電影 can be called uplifting可以叫做uplifting, even though即使 you cried in the middle你中間哭了也一樣. If如果 a story is only happy from start to finish一個故事從頭到尾都只是開心的, English speakers英語使用者 are more likely to say比較會說 'cheerful' or 'fun'cheerful或fun. Uplifting裡面 keeps a little of the climb in it保留了一點「往上爬」的感覺

The word is common in reviews, in church and in talks about music and books, and it sounds warm and slightly formal — a bit nicer than everyday speech, but not difficult. People also use it about experiences: an uplifting weekend, an uplifting conversation, uplifting news.

The word這個字 is common in reviews, in church and in talks about music and books常出現在影評、教會場合和談音樂書籍的場合, and而且 it sounds warm and slightly formal聽起來溫暖又帶點正式感 — a bit nicer than everyday speech比日常口語好聽一點, but但 not difficult不難. People人們 also use it about experiences也會用它形容經驗: an uplifting weekend像an uplifting weekend, an uplifting conversation像an uplifting conversation, uplifting news或uplifting news這樣的說法

There is a second, much rarer use in older or technical writing, where 'uplifting' simply means lifting something up physically, but you will almost never meet it, and if you say 'uplifting' about a box you are moving, people will be confused.

in older or technical writing在比較舊或技術性的文章裡 There is有 a second, much rarer use第二種、少見很多的用法, where 'uplifting' simply means lifting something up physicallyuplifting在那裡就只是指把東西實際往上抬, but但 you will almost never meet it你幾乎不會遇到這種用法, and而且 if you say 'uplifting' about a box you are moving如果你搬箱子的時候說uplifting, people will be confused別人會聽不懂