elate

英 [?'le?t] 美

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擴展詞匯

第三人稱單數:?elates;過去式:?elated;過去分詞:?elated;現在分詞:?elating;

elate: elate: [16] Elate means literally ‘lift up’, and that is how it was originally used in English: ‘Placus doth elate his shady forehead’, George Chapman, Iliad 1611. The word comes from ēlātus, the past participle of Latin efferre. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and ferre ‘carry’ (a relative of English bear). Its metaphorical extension to a ‘lifting of the spirits, exultation’ had already started in the Latin word, and had completely ousted the literal meaning in English before the end of the 18th century.
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elate (v.): 1570s, literal, "to raise, elevate," probably from Latin elatus "uplifted, exalted," past participle of effere "carry out, bring forth" (see elation), or else a back-formation from elation. Figurative use, "to raise or swell the mind or spirit with satisfaction and pride," is from 1610s. Related: Elated; elating.

1. When elate on a subject, he could not avoid talking about it.: 如果他有什么自以為得意的事情, 他總按捺不住;要把它說出來.

3. Meanwhile, the economic benefit of the mixed pattern of L . gmelinii and A. elate was analysed.: 同時對落葉松-龍牙蔥木這一混交模式的經濟效益進行了分析.