1ADJ-GRADED 高兴的;快乐的 Someone who is happy has feelings of pleasure, usually because something nice has happened or because they feel satisfied with their life. 高兴的;快乐的
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](时光、地点或关系)令人愉快的,幸福的 A happy time, place, or relationship is full of happy feelings and pleasant experiences, or has an atmosphere in which people feel happy. (时光、地点或关系)令人愉快的,幸福的
Except for her illnesses, she had had a particularly happy childhood.
3ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, ADJ that, ADJ to-infinitive](对情况或安排)满意的,放心的 If you are happy about a situation or arrangement, you are satisfied with it, for example because you think that something is being done in the right way. (对情况或安排)满意的,放心的
If you are not happy about a repair, go back and complain. [+ about/with]
如果你对修理效果不满意,可以再找他们投诉。
He's happy that I deal with it myself.
我自己把事情解决了,对此他很满意。
When he got old he was really quite happy to let the department run itself.
上了年纪后,他真的很放心让这个部门自行运转。
4ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, usually ADJ to-infinitive]乐意的;情愿的 If you say you are happy to do something, you mean that you are very willing to do it. 乐意的;情愿的
I'll be happy to answer any questions if there are any.
If I've caused any offence over something I have written, I will happily apologise.
如果我写的东西冒犯了别人,我愿意道歉。
5ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n](表示祝福)…快乐Happy is used in greetings and other conventional expressions to say that you hope someone will enjoy a special occasion. many happy returns→see: return(表示祝福)…快乐
Happy Birthday!.
生日快乐!
Happy Easter!
复活节快乐!
6ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n](巧合)幸运的,令人愉快的 A happy coincidence is one that results in something pleasant or helpful happening. (巧合)幸运的,令人愉快的
By happy coincidence, Robert met Richard and Julia and discovered they were experiencing similar problems.
幸运的是,罗伯特碰巧遇到了理查德和朱莉娅,发现原来他们也碰到了类似的问题。
Quotations
Happy the man, and happy he alone He who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived todayJohn DrydenImitation of Horace
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himselfPublilius SyrusMoral Sayings
Call no man happy till he dies, he is at best but fortunateSolon
Happy men are grave. They carry their happiness cautiously, as they would a glass filled to the brim which the slightest movement could cause to spill over, or breakJules Barbey D'AurevillyLes Diaboliques
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happyHerbert SpencerSocial Statics
We are never happy: we can only remember that we were so onceAlexander Smith
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ADJ.
cheerful, content, delighted, glad, pleased, upbeat; (ant.) sad, unhappy 1