Happy

 

開心的

 

Means to show pleasure, joy, or contentment. Happy is simply feeling good.

表示快樂、愉悅或滿足。快樂就是一種良好的感覺。

 

Whenever the sun is out I feel happy.

每當太陽出來時，我都感到很高興。

 

I haven’t been happy at this company for a long time.

我在這家公司待的不開心很久了。

 

There are many synonyms that can be substituted for the word happy. Here are some of the most popular.

有許多同義詞可以代替“happy”這個詞。這里有一些最受歡迎的。

 

1. Cheerful and Cheery

1.振奮開心的

 

Means that someone is happy and optimistic. They are so happy that it can be visibly seen on their face and in their demeanor. Cheerful people are usually always smiling.

意思是形容某人快樂和樂觀。他們的快樂能從臉上和舉止上看出來。開朗的人通常總是微笑。

 

I love hanging out with Beth, she’s always so cheerful.

我喜歡和貝絲在一起，她總是那么快樂。

 

He was so cheerful, it looked like he was skipping through the streets.

他非常高興，在街上蹦蹦跳跳。

 

You have such a cheery personality.

你的性格很活潑。

 

2. Merry and Jolly

2.愉快和快活的

 

Means that someone is cheerful, and you can see the joy on their face. It can also be used to hope that someone has a good day. It is often used to wish someone a Merry Christmas.

意思某人是快樂的，你可以看到他們臉上的喜悅。它也可以用來祝福某人過得愉快。人們常常用它來祝愿某人圣誕快樂。

 

People often think about a merry or jolly person being happy and always smiling, and unfortunately they are traditionally thought of as being fat. These words are associated with Santa Claus.

人們通常認為一個愉快或快活的人是歡樂的，總是微笑的，不幸的是，他們傳統上被認為是胖的。這些詞與圣誕老人有關。

 

You look particularly merry today, did something good happen.

你今天看起來特別高興，發生了什么好事嗎？

 

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas before you leave to visit your family.

在你去拜訪你的家人之前，我想祝你圣誕快樂。

 

Have a jolly Christmas.

祝你圣誕快樂。

 

He has a great big jolly laugh.

他開懷大笑。

 

3. Joyful

3.喜悅的

 

Means to express great happiness for or about something. It can be used to not just express how someone feels in that moment, but also how someone feels about something.

意思是表達對于某事極大的幸福。它不僅可以用來表達一個人在那一刻的感受，還可以用來表達一個人對某件事的感受。

 

I’m feeling very joyful today.

我今天感到滿心歡喜。

 

Working for this company has been a joyful experience.

在這家公司工作是一次愉快的經歷。

 

4. Jovial

4.活潑歡呼的

 

Means that someone is happy, cheerful, and lively. Jovial is almost always used to describe someone’s personality. Someone who is jovial is often very talkative and socializes with people.

意思著某人是快樂的，開朗的，活潑的。Jovial總是用來描述某人的性格。一個快樂的人往往很健談，并且熱愛與人交往。

 

He’s so jovial. It’s fun to be around him and he talks to everyone.

他是很活潑開朗的。和他在一起很有意思，因為他和任何人交流都很有趣。

 

5. Jocular

5.戲謔的，愛開玩笑的

 

Refers to someone who is being playful or is joking.

指的是喜歡戲謔或開玩笑的人。

 

He’s in a jocular mood, he’s been telling jokes all afternoon.

他興奮難耐，整個下午都在講笑話。

 

6. Gleeful

6.喜出望外的

 

Refers to someone triumphantly joyful. Someone is usually gleeful after something really good happens.

指的是一個人得意洋洋地快樂。在一些真正好的事情發生后，通常有人會喜出望外。

 

After getting such a great score, she was gleeful.

在得了這么高的分數之后，她欣喜若狂。

 

7. Carefree

7.無憂無慮，逍遙自在的

 

Means that someone does not have any worries or burdensome responsibilities.  It is usually used to describe someone not having to do or worry about anything, or it is described as an attitude.

意思著某人沒有任何憂慮或需要負擔的責任。它通常用來描述一個人不必做任何事情或擔心任何事情，或者它被描述為一種態度。

 

It was nice to have a carefree vacation.

能有一個無憂無慮的假期真是太開心了。

 

His carefree attitude didn’t make sense, considering he was in so much financial trouble.

他有這樣逍遙自在的態度是不合理的，因為他面臨這么多的財政困難。

 

8. Delighted

8.喜不自勝的

 

Refers to someone who is pleased or who is showing that they are finding pleasure in something. Someone is often delighted in reaction to something.

指的是一個知足的人，或者是一個顯示出他們在某物中尋找快樂的人。有人對某事的反應常常很欣喜。

 

I am delighted at how quickly our new furniture was delivered.

我很開心我們的新家具交付得這么快。

 

9. Lighthearted

9.輕松愉快的

 

Means that someone or something is lighthearted and entertaining. It usually describes a mood.

意思是指某人或某物是輕松愉快的。它通常用來描述一種情緒。

 

The film was lighthearted.

這部電影風格輕松愉快。

 

She was lighthearted even after such a stressful day.

即使在這么緊張的一天之后，她也看起來輕松自在。

 

10. Pleased

10.心滿意足的

 

Means that someone is happy with or likes something.

意思是某人對某事很滿意或者很喜歡某事。

 

I am pleased with the outcome of our meeting.

我對會議的結果感到滿意。

 

11. Contented and Content

11.怡然自得的

 

Refers to someone being happy and peaceful. Content isn’t the same as being cheerful or jovial, it’s a little bit less happy than that.

指的是一個人知足而平和。Content和快樂不一樣，它比快樂少一點興奮。

 

I was very content with our conversation.

我對我們的談話很滿意。

 

He was contented with the agreement that was struck.

他對所達成的協議感到滿意。

 

12. Satisfied

12.歡喜滿意的

 

Means pleased and content. This can be a synonym for happy, but it’s not as strong as many of the other synonyms. It can mean happy, but it can also just be the absence of being unhappy.

意思是高興和滿足。這可以作快樂的同義詞，但它不如其他同義詞那么強烈。它可能意味著快樂，但也可能是不快樂。

 

I was satisfied with the amount of people that attended the party.

我對參加聚會的人數感到滿意。

 

13. Buoyant

13.輕快活潑的

 

Means that someone is cheerful and optimistic. Buoyant also means to float, and as a synonym of happy, a person who is buoyant seems as if they are so happy that they are floating. Someone who is buoyant is extremely happy.

意思指某人是快樂和樂觀的。Buoyant也有漂浮的意思，作為快樂的同義詞，一個漂浮的人似乎是如此的快樂以至于他們輕盈逍遙。活潑的人非常地快樂。

 

She was buoyant after her graduation ceremony.

畢業典禮結束后，她看起來神采奕奕。

 

14. Radiant

14.神采飛揚，容光煥發的

 

Means that something is sending out light. In the case of being a synonym to happy, it means that someone is so happy that you can see the joy coming off of them. Their face lights up.

意思是有東西在發光。作為快樂的同義詞，那就意味著有人是如此的興奮，以至于你能看到快樂在他們身上洋溢。他們的臉亮了起來。

 

The smile on the grooms face was radiant when he saw his bride walk towards him down the aisle.

當新郎看到他的新娘沿著過道走向他時，他臉上的笑容容光煥發。

 

15. Gratified

15.喜出望外的

 

Means that someone is being given a lot of pleasure and satisfaction. A person is happy  in a grateful way.

意思是有人得到了很快樂和滿足。一個人以感恩的方式感到幸福。

 

He was gratified to see how many people showed up for his performance.

看到有多少人來參加他的演出，他心懷感激，喜不自勝。

（來源：滬江英語）