rejoice
verb /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
/rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they rejoice | /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ |
| he / she / it rejoices | /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪz/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪz/ |
| past simple rejoiced | /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ |
| past participle rejoiced | /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ |
| -ing form rejoicing | /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/ |
- to express great happiness about something
非常高兴；深感欣喜 - When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice.
战争结束，人们终于可以欢欣鼓舞了。 - rejoice at/in/over something The motor industry is rejoicing at the cut in car tax.
汽车行业对汽车减税感到非常高兴。 - rejoice to do something They rejoiced to see their son well again.
他们看到儿子恢复了健康，无比高兴。 - rejoice that… I rejoice that justice has prevailed.
我非常高兴正义得到伸张。
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joir ‘experience joy’. - When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice.
Idioms
rejoice in the name of…
- (British English, humorous) to have a name that sounds funny
有个滑稽的名字 - He rejoiced in the name of Owen Owen.
他有个滑稽的名字叫欧文 · 欧文。
- He rejoiced in the name of Owen Owen.