Word
elate
使兴高采烈；使感到自豪
核心释义
To make someone feel happy or proud.
- 1.
使快乐或自豪
To make joyful or proud.
- 2.
抬起；提升；升高
To lift up; raise; elevate.
举起；抬高；使快乐或自豪；抬起；提升；升高；使兴高采烈；使得意
用法In use
A letter from her son always elates the old woman.
用法提示：elates 是动词 elate 的第三人称单数形式，意为“使……兴高采烈”。
The team's victory elated the whole school.
用法提示：elated 是动词 elate 的过去式，表示“使……感到自豪和喜悦”，主语是令人高兴的事。
It elated him to hear that his book would be published.
用法提示：It 作形式主语，elated 是 elate 的过去式，意为“使……感到高兴”。
elate sb
直接接宾语，表示使某人高兴。
The good news elated everyone in the team.
好消息使团队中的每个人都兴高采烈。
be elated [by/at/with] sth
常用被动结构，后接原因。
She was elated by the unexpected promotion.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be elated by
- 因…而欢欣鼓舞
- She was elated by the good news.她因这个好消息而欢欣鼓舞。
- be elated at
- 为…感到欣喜
- He was elated at the thought of seeing her again.他一想到能再见到她就感到欣喜。
- be elated with joy
- 欣喜若狂
- The fans were elated with joy after the victory.球迷们在胜利之后欣喜若狂。
流行文化与引用Pop culture & quotes
- You make me feel so elated, you make my heart feel glad all over.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把e看作“抬高(elevate)”的开头，人被抬起、提升时自然快乐自豪，即elate。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literature “elate”是比较正式的书面动词，多用于正式写作或文学描述；日常口语中较少主动使用，被动式“be elated”相对更常见。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，宾语通常指人，表示“使某人欢欣、使某人得意”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
elate 读 /ɪˈleɪt/，与 late、plate、state、great、create、relate 的结尾 /-eɪt/ 押韵；其中 great 拼写特殊但发音相同。注意 elite /ɪˈliːt/ 拼写相近但读长音 /iː/，与 elate 不押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.