
euphoria /juːˈfɔːriə/
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基本释义
Euphoria is a feeling of intense happiness and excitement.
n. 狂喜,兴高采烈
外刊例句
In the early days of covid-19, the tech industry was consumed by a sense of euphoria . With billions of people locked down at home, work and play were shifting online. Many hoped that the new normal would spark a huge productivity boom as firms digitised and workers spent less time commuting.
新冠疫情初期,整个科技行业都陷入狂喜。数十亿人被关在家里,工作和娱乐都转移到了线上。由于公司运营实现数字化,员工通勤时间减少,很多人盼望着新常态下生产力会大幅提升。
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追根溯源
单词 euphoria 来自拉丁语,最初是一个医学术语,表示“(生病期间)感觉舒服和好的状态”,也可能是借助药物达到的一种的状态。现在则多指(持续时间较短的)极度愉快的心情,极度兴奋的情绪。
此外,单词 euphoria 中的词根eu表示“好,优秀”,在英语里包含eu的单词,多与此相关:
eulogize /ˈjuːlədʒaɪz/
v. 赞美,称赞
euphoric /juːˈfɒrɪk/
adj. 狂喜的,极度兴奋的
eugenics /juːˈdʒenɪks/
n. 优生学
euphemism /ˈjuːfəmɪzəm/
n. 委婉的词语
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影视例句
在美剧《生活大爆炸》S5E12中,Sheldon完全忽略了Amy说的好消息,Amy生气去了洗手间,Sheldon猜测时就用到了 euphemism 这个单词:
Amy: Give me a minute. I'm gonna go wash up.
Sheldon: Well, that's odd. We both washed up when we came in. It's probably a euphemism for urination.
-稍等一下,我去整理一下仪容。
-好奇怪,我们明明进来时就一起去了。大概是排尿的委婉说法吧。