每日单词:euphoria

每日单词:euphoria

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。