exaltation 是一个名词,意为"狂喜、兴高采烈",指一种极度快乐或得意的情感状态。也可以指"提升、晋升",即被提高到更高的地位或等级。
/ˌɛɡ.zɔːlˈteɪ.ʃən/
The crowd was filled with exaltation after their team won the championship.
球队赢得冠军后,人群中充满了狂喜。
In his moment of exaltation, standing atop the mountain he had spent years dreaming of climbing, he felt as though every hardship along the way had been worthwhile.
在那狂喜的一刻,站在他多年来梦想攀登的山顶上,他觉得一路走来的每一个艰辛都是值得的。
exaltation 源自拉丁语 exaltatio,由前缀 **ex-**(向上)和 altus(高的)组成,字面意思是"向上升高"。这个词经由古法语传入英语,最初用于宗教语境,指灵魂或精神的提升,后来逐渐扩展为表达极度喜悦和得意的情感状态。