elation
elation 英 [iˈleɪʃn] 美 [ɪˈleʃən]
n. 兴高采烈，得意洋洋
名词复数:elations
- If you experience sudden very high spirits, possibly even a feeling of lightness, you are feeling great elation.
- 请先登录
- n. 兴高采烈，得意洋洋
-
1. His elation may well be imagined.
他那得意的神情完全可以想象出来。
-
2. She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.
最终实现了抱负，她显得十分高兴。
- elation (n.) late 14c., "inordinate self-esteem, arrogance," especially "self-satisfaction over one's accomplishments or qualities, vainglory" (early 15c.), from Old French elacion "elation, conceit, arrogance, vanity," from Latin elationem (nominative elatio) "a carrying out, a lifting up," noun of action from elatus "elevated," form used as past participle of efferre "carry out, bring out, bring forth, take away," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + lātus "carried, borne" (see oblate (n.)), past participle of the irregular verb ferre "carry" (from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children"). Metaphoric sense of "a lifting of spirits" was in Latin and has always been the principal meaning in English. More positive sense of "buoyancy, joyfulness" is from 1750 in English.
- 请先登录
0 个回复