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elate 音标拼音: [ɪl'et] vt. 使兴高采烈的,使得意 使兴高采烈的,使得意 elate v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; " Music can uplift your spirits" [ synonym: { elate}, { lift up}, { uplift}, { pick up}, { intoxicate}] [ ant: { cast down}, { deject}, { demoralise}, { demoralize}, { depress}, { dismay}, { dispirit}, { get down}] Elate \ E* late"\, a. [ L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud ( the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out latus ( used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See { Tolerate}, and cf. { Extol}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Lifted up; raised; elevated. With upper lip elate. -- Fenton. [ 1913 Webster] And sovereign law, that State' s collected will, O' er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. -- Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. [ 1913 Webster] O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. -- Mrs. H. H. Jackson. Syn: Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed. [ 1913 Webster]
Elate \ E* late"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Elated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Elating}.] 1. To raise; to exalt. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] By the potent sun elated high. -- Thomson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. [ 1913 Webster] Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. -- Warburton. [ 1913 Webster] You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. -- Jowett ( Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for " elate": brighten, buoy, cheer, cheer up, delight, do proud, elevate, encourage, exalt, excite, exhilarate, flush, gladden, gratify, inspire, lift, make proud, overjoy, set up, stimulate, uplift
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