gloat
- vi. 幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍;心滿(mǎn)意足地注視
- n. 幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍;貪婪的盯視;洋洋得意
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2. glow + at => *glowat => gloat => 兩眼放光地看著某事物,這種看肯定是“貪婪地看、很高興的那種看,不然就不會(huì)兩眼放光了”。
中文詞源
詞源同glib, 歡喜,幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍。
英文詞源
- gloat (v.)
- 1570s, "to look at furtively," probably a variant of earlier glout "to gaze attentively, stare, scowl, look glum, pout" (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glotta "to grin, smile scornfully and show the teeth," Swedish dialectal glotta "to peep;" or from Middle High German glotzen "to stare, gape," from the Germanic group of *gl- words that also includes glower. Sense of "to look at with malicious satisfaction, ponder with pleasure something that satisfies an evil passion" first recorded 1748. Johnson didn't recognize the word, and OED writes that it was probably "taken up in the 16th c. from some dialect." Related: Gloated; gloating. As a noun, from 1640s with sense of "side-glance;" 1899 as "act of gloating."
Whosoever attempteth anything for the publike ... the same setteth himselfe upon a stage to be glouted upon by every evil eye. [translators' "note to the reader" in the 1611 King James Bible]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. This is nothing to gloat about.
- 這沒(méi)什么好幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍的。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. I'm sure he'll have a good gloat over this.
- 我肯定他會(huì)為此幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. It's nothing to gloat about.
- 沒(méi)有什麼可幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Don't you think it's a little unkind to gloat over your competitor's failure?
- 你難道不認(rèn)為對(duì)你對(duì)手的失敗幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍?zhǔn)怯悬c(diǎn)不近人情 嗎 ?
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. They like to win and then they like to gloat.
- 他們喜歡贏,然后性災(zāi)樂(lè)禍一番.
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