overjoy

英 [,əʊvə'dʒɒɪ] 美 [,ovɚ'dʒɔi]
  • vt. 使狂喜;使万分高兴

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1. over- "too much, above normal" + joy.

英文词源


overjoy (v.)
late 14c., "to rejoice over," from over- + joy (q.v.); translating Latin supergaudere (in Psalms xxxiv, etc.). Transitive sense of "to fill with gladness" is first recorded 1570s (now usually in past participle overjoyed).

双语例句


1. It'seemed that the realisation of his life's dream oppressed him with overjoy.
夙愿得偿似乎使他欣喜若狂.

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2. Overjoy in my heart, I carried the three blades back to second flor.
得意洋洋的, 我扛着三把条子,又回到二楼.

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