Victorious describes someone who has won — won a fight, a war, a game, an election, an argument. It is an adjective, and it points at the winner: the victorious team, the victorious army, the victorious candidate. It can also describe the thing that ended in a win: a victorious season, a victorious campaign, a victorious return home.

Victorious「victorious」 describes是用來形容 someone who has won贏了的人——won a fight贏了一場打鬥、a war一場戰爭、a game一場比賽、an election一場選舉、an argument一場爭論。It is an adjective它是一個形容詞，and it points at the winner指的是贏的那一方：the victorious team「victorious team」獲勝的隊伍、the victorious army「victorious army」打勝仗的軍隊、the victorious candidate「victorious candidate」勝選的候選人。It can also describe它也可以用來形容 the thing that ended in a win最後以獲勝收場的事情：a victorious season「victorious season」豐收獲勝的球季、a victorious campaign「victorious campaign」打勝仗的競選活動、a victorious return home「victorious return home」凱旋歸來。

Two things to feel here. First, victorious is a big, formal, slightly grand word. English has a plain everyday word for this — winning — and most people most of the time say 'the winning team'. You use victorious when you want the win to sound important: sport reports, news headlines, history books, speeches, church songs. Nobody says 'I was victorious' after finding a parking space, unless they are joking — and people do joke with it, on purpose, because the word is so grand. That joking use is very common now.

Two things to feel here這裡有兩件事要感受一下。First第一，victorious「victorious」 is a big, formal, slightly grand word是一個很大、很正式、帶點壯闊感的詞。English has a plain everyday word for this英文對這個意思有一個很平常的日常用詞——winning「winning」贏——and most people most of the time say大部分人大部分時候都會說 'the winning team'「the winning team」獲勝的隊伍。You use victorious when you want the win to sound important當你想讓這場勝利聽起來很重要的時候就會用「victorious」：sport reports體育報導、news headlines新聞標題、history books歷史書、speeches演講、church songs教會詩歌。Nobody says沒有人會說 'I was victorious'「I was victorious」我勝利了 after finding a parking space在找到停車位之後，unless they are joking除非他們是在開玩笑——and people do joke with it, on purpose而人們確實會故意這樣開玩笑，because the word is so grand因為這個詞實在太壯闊了。That joking use is very common now這種開玩笑的用法現在很常見。

Second, victorious carries a smell of struggle. A victory is a win that cost something. So victorious fits a war, a long court case, a hard final; it fits a bit oddly on something easy.

Second第二，victorious「victorious」 carries a smell of struggle帶有一種掙扎奮鬥過的味道。A victory「victory」 is a win that cost something是要付出代價才能得到的贏。So victorious fits所以「victorious」適合用在 a war戰爭、a long court case漫長的官司、a hard final艱難的決賽；it fits a bit oddly on something easy用在輕鬆容易的事情上就會有點奇怪。

There is also a set phrase, 'come home victorious' / 'emerge victorious', which is the shape you will meet most often in reading. 'Emerge victorious' means to come out of a hard situation as the winner — it is a favourite of sports writers.

There is also a set phrase還有一個固定用法，'come home victorious'「come home victorious」凱旋歸來／'emerge victorious'「emerge victorious」最終獲勝，which is the shape you will meet most often in reading這是你在閱讀中最常會遇到的形式。'Emerge victorious'「emerge victorious」 means意思是 to come out of a hard situation as the winner從一個困難的處境中走出來，並成為最後的贏家——it is a favourite of sports writers這是體育記者最愛用的說法。