Word · Frequency #3219
humour
/ˈhjuːmə/
verb
使高兴；使愉快
put into a good mood
- 1.
put into a good mood
使高兴
使高兴；使满足；迁就
In use
She always humours her grandfather by listening to his old stories patiently.
The teacher humoured the student's request to explain the concept again.
I think you are just humouring me, but I appreciate the effort.
Verb forms
base humour · third person humours · -ing humouring · past humoured · past participle humoured
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- humour me
- 迁就我一下；让着我
- Just humour me and try the soup.就迁就我一下，尝尝这汤吧。
- humour a child
- 哄孩子；迁就孩子
- She humoured the child by letting him choose the story.她迁就那个孩子，让他选故事。
- humour someone's whims
- 迁就某人的一时兴起
- He humoured his partner's whims throughout the trip.整个旅程他都在迁就伴侣的任性要求。
- humour the patient
- 顺着病人（以使其高兴）
- The nurse humoured the patient to keep her calm.护士顺着病人，让她保持平静。
Synonyms
- cheer up
- 使高兴起来；使振作 · 常用于使人从沮丧或低落中振作，情绪提升的意味较明显；而 humour 作“使高兴”解时更侧重顺应对方情绪，不必然涉及情绪低落。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 humour 拆成 hum + our：给我们哼歌，使我们高兴。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：书面表达、正式交流、描述安抚或迁就他人的情境 该动词义表示“使高兴、让人心情好”，通常多用于较正式或书面的表达，比较常见于叙述或描写中；日常口语里单独使用较少，常换成 make someone happy 或 cheer someone up。具体选择可随搭配和语境调整。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only tumour is a true rhyme in BrE (/ˈtjuːmə/). The other -our words are spelling lookalikes: colour, flavour, honour and labour have different vowel sounds; rumour has /uː/ rather than /juː/.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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