gladness

IPA/ˈɡlædnəs/
IPA/ˈɡlædnəs/

gladness — 名詞

1. a feeling of warm happiness, often shown openly because something pleasant or ho

1.名詞C1
釋義

喜悅；歡欣

心中溫暖、外顯的高興感受

a feeling of warm happiness, often shown openly because something pleasant or hoped-for has happened.

例句

Hugo could not hide his gladness when his sister arrived from Madrid after two years.

Hugo 的妹妹睽違兩年從馬德里回來時，他完全藏不住內心的喜悅。

gladness + when-clause for cause of the feeling

The whole village greeted the morning rain with gladness after the long dry summer.

在漫長的乾旱夏季之後，全村人都帶著歡欣迎接清晨的這場雨。

with gladness as a manner phrase

常見搭配
  • tears of gladness
  • shout for gladness
  • with gladness
  • filled with gladness
  • great gladness
同義詞
  • joy

    more intense and more common in everyday speech

  • delight

    stronger, often sparked by a specific surprise or pleasure

  • happiness

    the everyday neutral term; gladness is more formal and momentary

反義詞
  • sorrow

    the literary opposite, suited to the same register

  • sadness

    the everyday opposite; lower register than gladness itself

文法句型

with gladness

gladness at + noun

用法筆記

Uncountable and noticeably more literary than 'happiness' or 'joy' — common in speeches, religious texts, letters, and reflective writing rather than daily conversation.

常見錯誤

I felt many gladnesses today.
I felt a lot of gladness today.
gladness is uncountable; do not pluralise it.
She told us with gladness voice.
She told us with gladness in her voice.
the noun does not work as a modifier; use a prepositional phrase.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • tears of gladness
  • shout of gladness
  • heart of gladness

常用片語

  • filled with gladness
  • to one's gladness
  • great gladness

介系詞搭配

  • with gladness
  • for gladness
  • in gladness