Word · Frequency #19526
gleefully
高兴地；欣喜地；快乐地
in a happy and delighted way
- 1.
With glee; joyfully
欢快地；欣喜地。
欢快地；欣喜地。；高兴地
In use
The children gleefully jumped into the pile of leaves.
He gleefully unwrapped the birthday present.
Gleefully, she showed her friends the photos from her trip.
gleefully + verb
gleefully 常放在谓语动词前，表示带着高兴或欣喜的情绪做某事。
The children gleefully opened their presents.
孩子们开心地打开了礼物。
verb + gleefully
动词后置时，若动词带宾语，gleefully 通常放在宾语之后，如 She accepted the offer gleefully。
She laughed gleefully at the joke.
她听了这个笑话后开心地大笑起来。
be + gleefully + past participle
在被动结构中，gleefully 位于 be 动词和过去分词之间。
The news was gleefully welcomed by her fans.
这个消息被她的粉丝们高兴地接受了。
Common mistakes
She gleeful accepted the gift.She gleefully accepted the gift.
gleeful 是形容词，不能修饰动词；修饰动词 accepted 要用副词 gleefully。
He was gleefully when he heard the news.He was gleeful when he heard the news.
系动词 was 后接表语，应该用形容词 gleeful 描述主语状态，而不是副词 gleefully。
He is a gleefully person.He is a gleeful person.
名词 person 前需要形容词 gleeful 作定语，不能用副词 gleefully。
Connections
Collocations
- gleefully accepted
- 高兴地接受
- She gleefully accepted the invitation.她高兴地接受了邀请。
- gleefully embraced
- 欣然接受
- They gleefully embraced the new challenge.他们欣然接受了新的挑战。
- gleefully recounted
- 兴高采烈地讲述
- He gleefully recounted his travels.他兴高采烈地讲述自己的旅行经历。
- gleefully announced
- 欣喜地宣布
- The team gleefully announced their success.团队欣喜地宣布了他们的成功。
- gleefully celebrated
- 欢欣鼓舞地庆祝
- The fans gleefully celebrated the victory.球迷们欢欣鼓舞地庆祝胜利。
- gleefully waved
Learner notes
Memory Tip
glee（快乐）+ fully（满满）→ 满心欢喜地，记住gleeful是“欣喜的”，副词就是“高兴地”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、叙事性写作 该词为中性副词，通常用于日常交谈和一般叙事性写作，表示“高兴地、欣喜地”。它不算正式也不算随意，比较常见于描写带着欢乐或得意的心情做某事，具体语气需结合上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Glee /ɡliː/ matches the stressed syllable of gleefully /ˈɡliːfəli/, but no common word rhymes exactly with it. The adverbs here all end in -fully /fəli/, but their stressed vowels differ. Beware fully /ˈfʊli/, which looks similar but sounds different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.