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单词 exult
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exult
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Sometimes you might feel so happy about something you could just burst. This is the time to exult, or rejoice, and you might show your great happiness by laughing, dancing, and shouting with pure joy.
To exult means to express your joy in some visible way. Some people exult in a sedate manner, maybe just enjoying their happiness quietly within themselves. Others are more emotional, perhaps expressing their triumph in a loud or physical manner. When you break the word down into its Latin parts, the ex- means "out," and saltāre means "to leap." So exult means to leap with joy.
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exalt / exult

To exalt, means to glorify or elevate something, but to exult is to rejoice. Exalt your favorite pro-wrestler, Jesus, or your status in the world. Exult when you get the last two tickets to see your favorite band.

Exalt is a transitive verb, so it needs a direct object: you have to exalt something. If we glorify God, we exalt him. It can also mean to heighten something, to increase its effects. You can exalt, or raise, the Virgin Mary, or a level, like in these examples:

His devotional writings, which exalt Mary by superstitious tales of miracles, were extremely popular in all Catholic countries. (J.H. Kurtz)

At a less exalted level, we buy and sell attention all the time, usually as part of some other transaction. (Slate)

I'm afraid, though, that very few people walk on that exalted plane. (New York Times)

To exult (with a "u") is to whoop it up, celebrate, to be happy. If you rejoice at your team's big win, you exult in it. It's an intransitive verb, so it doesn't need an object — you exult all by yourself, any way you want:

Little wonder Ferry's fans were out in force Tuesday, but they had little reason to exult as the show opened in subdued style. (Chicago Tribune)

We do have our problems and we worry and whine and complain, but we also have to celebrate and exult. (Associated Press)

Coffers will bulge, fans will exult, civilization will fail to collapse. (New York Times)

If you think something is the best thing ever and you practically worship it, you exalt it. You have to exalt something. If you're just thrilled, and your sentence doesn't require a direct object, choose exult instead.

WORD FAMILY
exult: exultant, exultation, exulted, exulting, exults+/exultant: exultantly/exultation: exultations/exulting: exultingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
And he’s probably well aware of Animal Collective; he exults in percussive, hypnotic consonance.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
“You wake up totally fresh,” exulted Kaushilya Devi, a housewife, whose husband bought a unit in May.
New York Times(Oct 12, 2016)
I need not restrain my cheering anymore, although as I am a Jets fan, there may not be many opportunities to exult anyway.
New York Times(Dec 10, 2016)
1v feel extreme happiness or elation
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
be on cloud nine, jump for joy, walk on air
rejoice, triumph, wallow
be ecstatic with joy
joy, rejoice
feel happiness or joy
2v to express great joy
Who cannot exult in Spring?
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
exuberate, jubilate, rejoice, triumph
glory
rejoice proudly
cheer, cheer up, chirk up
become cheerful
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