euphoria
英 [juː'fɔːriə] 美 [juː'fɔːriə]
n.幸福愉快感
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◉Usage Examples
(1) A drug that tends to produce euphoria.
(2) A feeling of excitement or euphoria.
(3) A preparation from the leaves and seed capsules of the cannabis plant, smoked, chewed, eaten, or infused and drunk to obtain mild euphoria.
(1) 欣快剂有助于导致欣快的一种药剂
(2) 兴奋或兴高采烈的感觉
(3) 印度大麻从大麻植物的树叶和种囊中提取的一种制剂，通过吸烟、嚼咀、吞食或注射以得到适度精神快感
◉Word Origin
late 17th cent. (denoting ‘well-being produced in a sick person by the use of drugs’): modern Latin, from Greek, from euphoros ‘borne well, healthy’, from eu ‘well’ pherein ‘to bear’.
◉Usage notes
Use euphoria to describe a feeling of great happiness and well-being, but know that euphoria often more than that––it's unusually, crazy happy, over the top.
Euphoria can even be classified as a mental illness. The earliest use of euphoria was to describe the relief provided by a medical procedure. The word was borrowed from New Latin, from the Greek word meaning "ability to bear easily, fertility," from euphoros "healthy," from the prefix eu- "good, well" plus pherein "to bear."
◉Collins
1. [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]狂喜；兴高采烈 Euphoria is a feeling of intense happiness and excitement. [oft N of/over n]
① There was euphoria after the elections...
选举后一片兴高采烈。
② After the euphoria of yesterday's celebrations, the country will come down to earth today.
经过昨天热烈的庆祝之后，这个国家今天将会回到现实中来。
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