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| /dʒɔɪ/ |
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| 1 | U a feeling of great happiness 欢欣；高兴；喜悦 |
| There were tears of joy in her eyes. 她眼里噙着喜悦的泪水。 |
| do sth with/for joy Penny could have shouted with joy. 彭尼原本会高兴得大叫。 |
| joy at (doing) sth He could hardly contain his joy at seeing her again. 他再见到她时几乎掩饰不住自己的喜悦。 |
| to sb’ s joy To my joy, the meeting was cancelled. 让我高兴的是，会议取消了。 |
| | 1a | to be very happy about something 高兴得跳起来 | | Anita wasn’ t exactly jumping for joy when I told her Greg was coming back tomorrow. 当我告诉阿妮塔格雷格明天要回来时，她并不显得特别高兴。 | |
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| 2 | C something that makes you feel very happy or pleased 使人高兴的事；乐事；乐趣 |
| the joy of (doing) sth Discover the joys of skiing. 去发现滑雪的乐趣吧。 |
| be a joy to do sth It was a real joy to see the children playing happily together at last. 看到最终孩子们在一起玩得很开心真让人高兴。 |
| sheer joy Jonathan flies for the sheer joy of exploring what he can do. 乔纳森飞行纯粹是为了从探索自己能做什么中得到乐趣。 |
| a joy to watch/behold Her delight was a joy to watch. 她高兴的样子让人赏心悦目。 |
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| 3 | U always in negatives or questions BRITISH mainly spoken success in doing something 成功 |
| Have you had any joy getting someone to fix your central heating? 你有没有找到人来为你修理中央供暖系统？ |
| I tried to call her earlier, but no joy. 我早些时候试着给她打过电话，但没打通。 |
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| - | full of the joys of spring mainly spoken
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| used for saying that someone is looking very happy |
| （某人看上去）非常愉快的 |
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| Words frequently used with joy | | joy 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | great, pure, real, sheer, | 1 | | verbs | bring, discover, experience, find, share, | 1 | | | |
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