happy
adjective /ˈhæpi/
/ˈhæpi/
(comparative happier, superlative happiest)
Word Family
Idioms - happy adjective (≠ unhappy)
- happily adverb (≠ unhappily)
- happiness noun (≠ unhappiness)
- feeling or showing pleasure; pleased
感到（或显得）快乐的；高兴的 - a happy family
幸福的家庭 - a happy smile/face
快活的微笑／面容 - You don't look very happy today.
你今天好像不太高兴。 - He always seemed happy enough.
他似乎总是很开心。 - I've never felt so happy.
我从未感到如此快乐。 - Money won't make you happy.
钱不能使人幸福。 - happy to do something We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
我们高兴地宣布，我们的女儿已订婚。 - happy for somebody I'm very happy for you.
我真为你感到高兴。 - happy (that)… I’m happy (that) you could come.
我很高兴你能来。
Synonyms gladglad- happy
- pleased
- delighted
- proud
- relieved
- thrilled
- glad [not usually before noun] happy about something or grateful for it:
- He was glad he’d come.
他很高兴他来了。 - She was glad when the meeting was over.
会议结束时她很高兴。
- He was glad he’d come.
- happy pleased about something nice that you have to do or something that has happened to somebody:
- We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
我们高兴地宣布，我们的女儿订婚了。
- We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
- pleased [not before noun] happy about something that has happened or something that you have to do:
- She was very pleased with her exam results.
她对考试成绩非常满意。 - You’re coming? I’m so pleased.
你要来呀？我太高兴了。
- She was very pleased with her exam results.
用 glad、happy 还是 pleased？ - delighted very pleased about something; very happy to do something; showing your delight:
- I’m delighted at your news.
听到你的消息我非常高兴。
- I’m delighted at your news.
- proud pleased and satisfied about something that you own or have done, or are connected with:
- proud parents
自豪的父母 - He was proud of himself for not giving up.
他为自己没有放弃而自豪。
- proud parents
- relieved feeling happy because something unpleasant has stopped or has not happened; showing this:
- You’ll be relieved to know your jobs are safe.
现在你们知道工作保住了，可以放心了。
- You’ll be relieved to know your jobs are safe.
- thrilled [not before noun] (rather informal) extremely pleased and excited about something:
- I was thrilled to be invited.
我获得邀请，感到非常兴奋。
- I was thrilled to be invited.
用 delighted 还是 thrilled？ - glad/happy/pleased/delighted/relieved/thrilled about something
- pleased/delighted/relieved/thrilled at something
- glad/happy/pleased/delighted/thrilled for somebody
- glad/happy/pleased/delighted/proud/relieved/thrilled that…/to see/hear/find/know…
- very glad/happy/pleased/proud/relieved
- absolutely delighted/thrilled
Topics Feelingsa1- I looked around at all the happy faces.
我环视四周一张张快乐的笑脸。 - For the first time in her life, she felt truly happy.
她生平第一次真正地感到幸福。 - I can die happy knowing that I have achieved this.
得知自己取得了这样的成就，我死而无憾了。 - I'm just happy to be back home.
回到家我真是很高兴。 - Outwardly the couple appeared happy.
表面上看，这对夫妻显得很幸福。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- for
- with
- …
- a happy family
- giving or causing pleasure
给予（或带来）快乐的；使人高兴的；幸福的 - She had a very happy life.
她过着非常幸福的生活。 - a happy marriage/childhood/occasion
幸福的婚姻/童年/场合 - I have many happy memories from that time.
从那时起，我有许多快乐的回忆。 - The story has a happy ending.
故事的结局很圆满。 - Those were the happiest days of my life.
那是我一生中最幸福的一段时光。 - It had been a gloriously happy time.
那是一段特别令人开心的日子。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- She had a very happy life.
- if you wish somebody a Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, etc. you mean that you hope they have a pleasant celebration
（表示祝愿，如 Happy Birthday 生日快乐、Happy New Year 新年好等） - satisfied that something is good or right; not anxious
（对事物）满意的，放心的 - I don't know what you've done, but the boss isn't happy.
我不知道你做了什么，但是老板不高兴。 - I said I'd go just to keep him happy.
我说我要去只是为了让他高兴。 - happy with somebody/something Are you happy with that arrangement?
你对这一安排感到满意吗？ - I'm not happy with his work this term.
我对他这学期的表现不满意。 - She was happy enough with her performance.
她对于自己的表现还算满意。 - happy about somebody/something If there's anything you're not happy about, come and ask.
你如果有什么不满意的，来说一声。 - happy about somebody/something doing something I'm not too happy about her living alone.
我不太放心让她一个人住。
Synonyms happyhappy- satisfied
- content
- contented
- joyful
- blissful
- happy feeling, showing or giving pleasure; satisfied with something or not worried about it:
- a happy marriage/memory/childhood
幸福的婚姻／回忆／童年 - I said I’d go, just to keep him happy.
我说我要去只是为了让他高兴。
- a happy marriage/memory/childhood
- satisfied pleased because you have achieved something or because something has happened as you wanted it to; showing this:
- She’s never satisfied with what she’s got.
她对自己所得到的从不感到满足。 - a satisfied smile
满意的微笑
- She’s never satisfied with what she’s got.
- content [not before noun] happy and satisfied with what you have:
- I’m perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
只在太阳下躺一躺我就心满意足了。
- I’m perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
- contented happy and comfortable with what you have; showing this:
- a contented baby
心满意足的小宝贝 - a long contented sigh
惬意的长叹
- a contented baby
用 content 还是 contented？ - joyful (rather formal) very happy; making people very happy
- blissful making people very happy; showing this happiness:
- three blissful weeks away
无忧无虑的三周假期
- three blissful weeks away
用 joyful 还是 blissful？ - happy/satisfied/content/contented with something
- a happy/satisfied/contented/blissful smile
- a happy/joyful occasion/celebration
- to feel happy/satisfied/content/contented/joyful
- very/perfectly/quite happy/satisfied/content/contented
- Dad seemed perfectly happy with my explanation.
爸爸对我的解释似乎完全满意。 - I was quite happy with the way things went.
我对事态的发展相当满意。 - He went home from time to time, to keep his mother happy.
他时不时地回趟家，好让母亲高兴。 - Her boss was not entirely happy about the situation.
她的老板对情况不是十分满意。 - I'm not too happy about her attitude.
我对她的态度不太满意。
- I don't know what you've done, but the boss isn't happy.
- happy to do something (formal) willing or pleased to do something
情愿，乐意（做某事） - I'm perfectly happy to leave it till tomorrow.
我非常乐意把它留到明天。 - People seemed quite happy to help.
人们似乎很乐意帮忙。 - He will be more than happy to come with us.
他巴不得和我们一起来。 - We'd be only too happy to accept your invitation.
我们万分高兴地接受您的邀请。
- I'm perfectly happy to leave it till tomorrow.
- lucky; successful
幸运的；成功的 - By a happy coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time.
碰巧运气好，我们恰恰同时到达。 - He is in the happy position of never having to worry about money.
他运气真好，从来不用为金钱操心。
Topics Successc1- By a happy chance, I got a hotel room just five minutes from the university.
一个幸运的机会，我得到了一个离大学只有五分钟路程的酒店房间。 - I picked the restaurant pretty much at random, but it proved a happy choice all round.
我很随意地选择了这家餐馆，但事实证明它是一个令人愉快的选择。
- By a happy coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time.
- (formal) (of words, ideas or behaviour
言语、思想或行为 合适的；恰当的 - That wasn't the happiest choice of words.
那样的措辞并不是十分恰当。
- That wasn't the happiest choice of words.
feeling/giving pleasure感到／给予快乐
at celebration祝贺
satisfied满意
willing情愿
lucky幸运
suitable合适
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘lucky’): from the noun hap ‘good fortune’ + -y.
Idioms
(not) a happy camper
(British English also (not) a happy bunny)
- (informal) (not) pleased about a situation
对境况不满意 - She wasn't a happy bunny at all.
她一点儿都不满意。
- She wasn't a happy bunny at all.
a happy event
- the birth of a baby
（生孩子）喜事
the happy/golden mean
- (approving) a course of action that is not extreme
中庸之道
a/the happy medium
- something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing something
折中办法 - She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy.
她试图在让问题变得太难和太容易之间找到一个合适的平衡点。
- She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy.
many happy returns (of the day)
- used to wish somebody a happy and pleasant birthday
（生日祝福）生日快乐，长命百岁