单词 | joyful |
释义 | joyful (dʒɔɪfʊl ) 1. adjective Something that is joyful causes happiness and pleasure. [formal] Giving birth to a child is both painful and joyful. A wedding is a joyful celebration of love. Synonyms: pleasing, satisfying, engaging, charming 2. adjective Someone who is joyful is extremely happy. [formal] We're a very joyful people; we're very musical people and we love music. Synonyms: delighted, happy, satisfied, glad joyfully adverb They greeted him joyfully. Collocations: joyful experience Running can be a joyful experience. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Waking up with them was the most joyful experience, like giving birth. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Unless your heart lifts at the thought of rock-bottom prices, this is not a joyful experience. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was, he says, one of the most joyful moments of his life. Times, Sunday Times His strength waned over the following months, but we continued to experience joyful moments, even in the midst of our sorrow. Times, Sunday Times We are thrilled to be able to share these joyful moments with fans all over the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other images preserve joyful moments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's given a lot of joyful moments. The Sun This latter trait gave his sound 'a primordial feel of joyful noise'. Times, Sunday Times But having learned to make the joyful noise, let us also practice the blessed quiet. Christianity Today They literally sounded the trumpet, making a joyful noise with praise anthems and soloists walking the aisles until the cordless mic started cutting in and out. Christianity Today First and foremost, the sheer numbers do make for a joyful noise. Times, Sunday Times It makes a joyful noise, it swims in pretty tunes and its dramatic rhetoric allows (or even requires) a soloist to make a grand, swashbuckling impression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wedding became a joyful occasion surrounded by anguish. Houston Chronicle For this was a joyful occasion and an historic one. Times, Sunday Times It was hardly a joyful occasion. Times, Sunday Times These dinners are very joyful occasions. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 令人喜悦的 Japanese: 喜ばしい |
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