喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/dɪˈlaɪtfəl/令人愉快的；討喜的

    Very pleasant, so that you enjoy it a lot. It is used about a place, a thing, or an experience, and also about a person who is very nice to be with.

    示範例句 · Example

    The little bookshop by the river is a delightful place to spend a rainy afternoon.

    逐字河邊那間小書店是一個令人愉快的地方，可以消磨一個下雨的下午。

    delightful 說的是「這個東西或這個人讓人很開心」，比 nice 更用心、比 pleasant 更強一點——pleasant 是「還蠻舒服的」，delightful 是「真的喜歡上了」。它可以形容地方、東西、一段經驗，也可以形容一個相處起來很討喜的人（a delightful little girl 是說這孩子讓身邊的人開心，不是說她自己心情好）。可以想成 delightful 就像從 delight（喜悅）長出來的：主詞永遠是「送出快樂的那一方」，感覺到快樂的人反而不出現在句子裡。

    常見搭配

    • a delightful place

      很舒服、讓人開心的地方

      a place that is very pleasant to be in

      It is truly a delightful place to stay.

    • a delightful evening

      很愉快的一個晚上

      an evening that you enjoyed very much

      We had a delightful evening at Aisha's house.

    • a delightful surprise

      令人驚喜的事

      something you did not expect that makes you very happy

      Finding her old drawings in the box was a delightful surprise.

    • most delightful

      最令人愉快的；非常令人愉快的

      used to say that something is extremely pleasant

      Ren says the seaplane is the most delightful way to see the coast.

    • How delightful!

      太好了！真棒！

      used to say that you find something very pleasant

      "They planted a whole row of sunflowers." "How delightful!"

core核心畫面

Think of the small lift you feel when something turns out nicer than you expected — a garden you walk into, an afternoon that goes well, a person who is easy and warm to talk to. `delightful` can be held as the word for the thing that gives you that lift. It is warmer and more personal than `good`, and lighter than `wonderful`: it describes pleasure that is real but gentle, the kind you smile at rather than shout about.

可以想成一種小小的、被托起來的感覺：走進一個院子、一個下午過得剛剛好、或遇到一個聊起來很舒服的人——比原本預期的還要好一點。delightful 可以想成用來形容「給你這種感覺的那個東西」。它比 good 更帶溫度、更私人，又比 wonderful 輕：講的是真實但柔和的愉快，是會讓你微笑、而不是讓你驚呼的那種。

同家族的字

比較級 more delightful最高級 most delightful

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

delightfuladj/dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/

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    Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

    • What? a higher delight to be drawn from the sight / Of fish full of life and of glee? / What a noodle you are! ’tis delightfuller far / To kill them than let them go free!
    • O, Joy! quicker than fire! O, Hope of things! / O, gracious gladness mighty with delight! / O, subtle sweet, delightfuler than might! / Ah, me, no fiercer laughing unction springs / From the fair Hope of things!

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