Word · Frequency #3393
delighted
使高兴；使愉快
delighted is the past of delight.
核心释义
to give someone great pleasure; to please someone very much
- 1.
使人愉悦；带来极大快乐；高度取悦。
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
- 2.
感到或享受极大的快乐。
To have or take great pleasure.
- 3.
使高兴或令人愉悦
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
感到高兴；以…为乐；使人愉悦；带来极大快乐；高度取悦。；感到或享受极大的快乐。；使高兴或令人愉悦；使高兴
用法In use
The beautiful garden delights everyone who visits it.
用法提示：动词delight表示‘使高兴’，这里用一般现在时第三人称单数形式delights。
She delighted her parents with her excellent exam results.
用法提示：动词delight的过去式delighted，表示过去使某人高兴。
The children are delighting in the new playground equipment.
用法提示：动词delight的现在分词形式delighting，与be动词构成进行时，表示正在使某人快乐。
delight sb
delight 作及物动词，宾语通常是感到高兴的人或人群。
The good news delighted everyone in the office.
这个好消息让办公室里的每个人都很高兴。
delight sb with sth
with 引出令人高兴的事物或方式。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- delight in
- 以…为乐；喜欢
- She delights in making her little sister laugh.她以逗妹妹笑为乐。
- delight the audience
- 使观众愉悦
- The street performer delighted the audience with his jokes.街头艺人用笑话使观众愉悦。
- delight the eye
- 赏心悦目；悦目
- The colorful flowers delight the eye.五颜六色的花朵赏心悦目。
- delight someone with something
- 用某物使某人高兴
- She delighted her friend with a surprise birthday cake.她用惊喜的生日蛋糕让朋友高兴不已。
- delight children
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：词尾像 light（光），心里一亮，便 delight（高兴）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面表达、文学性文本 delight 作动词表示“使高兴”或“以…为乐”时，多用于正式或书面语；日常口语中更常用 please 或 enjoy。固定搭配 delight in 比较常见于文学或典雅表达。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用作及物动词，后接宾语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /aɪt/ 结尾，与 delight 的重读元音和尾音一致，构成真押韵：polite, night, light, right, bright, white。注意拼写相似的词不一定同音：weight, freight, eight 发音为 /eɪt/；quiet 为 /ˈkwaɪət/；suite 为 /swiːt/。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.