Hilary
n. 希拉里(女子名,男子名)
hilarity
Great merriment
n. 歡喜;高興;歡鬧
hilarious
Characterized by or causing great merriment.
adj.
1. 愉快的; 熱鬧的, 狂歡的
2. 有趣的, 妙的
例句:
The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.
當他們拿來更多葡萄酒后聚會變得十分熱鬧起來。
exhilarate
To cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; elate: We were exhilarated by the cool, pine-scented air.
To invigorate; stimulate
vt.使高興; 使興奮
例句:
The refugees were exhilarated by the news.
這消息令難民們高興。
We were exhilarated by our brisk walk in the rain.
雨中的輕快散步使我們振奮起來。
exhilaration
The state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated: “Few Yosemite visitors ever see snow avalanches and fewer still know the exhilaration of riding on them” (John Muir).
n. 高興, 興奮
例句:
There was a sense of exhilaration about being alone on the beach.
獨自在海灘上令人心曠神怡。
foist fist five
詞匯起源
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from early modern Dutch vuisten 'to take into your hands', from Middle Dutch vuyst 'fist']
To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy: “I can usually tell whether a poet... is foisting off on us what he'd like to think is pure invention” (J.D. Salinger).
To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery: They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss.
To insert fraudulently or deceitfully
vt.
1. 私自添加, 偷偷塞進(into, in)
2. 偷偷安插(人); 騙賣(假貨等)
3. 把...強加于, 把...塞給
例句:
He doesn’t try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
他不會勉強每個人接受他的信念。
She resented having the child foisted on her while the parents went travelling abroad.
她對孩子的父母出國旅行卻硬要她來照看孩子這事很反感。