joyful

joyful — 形容詞

1. feeling or showing great happiness and pleasure, or making other people feel thi

1.形容詞B1
釋義

歡樂的

充滿喜悅或令人感到快樂的

feeling or showing great happiness and pleasure, or making other people feel this way — for example, a joyful smile, a joyful celebration, or a joyful reunion.

例句

The bride's joyful smile lit up the entire church during the wedding ceremony.

婚禮上，新娘歡樂的笑容照亮了整座教堂。

collocation: joyful smile

Rafael's joyful laughter filled the kitchen as he baked cookies with his niece.

Rafael 歡樂的笑聲充滿了廚房，他和姪女一起烤餅乾。

collocation: joyful laughter

同義詞
  • happy

    more general and far more common in everyday speech; 'happy' covers both momentary feelings and enduring states, while 'joyful' is more vivid and often describes expressions or occasions.

  • delighted

    typically describes a person's strong positive reaction to a specific event or piece of news; 'delighted' sounds natural in 'I'm delighted to meet you', where 'joyful' would not.

  • cheerful

    focuses on a bright, optimistic disposition rather than a burst of intense happiness; a cheerful person is habitually positive, while a joyful person is experiencing a surge of joy.

  • elated

    more formal and intense than 'joyful'; suggests an extremely high level of happiness, often after achieving something important.

反義詞
  • sad

    the most direct general opposite; a sad person or scene lacks joy.

  • miserable

    more intensely negative than 'sad'; describes deep unhappiness rather than the mere absence of joy.

用法筆記

Commonly modifies nouns that describe expressions (smile, laugh, cry), sounds (cheer, shout), or events (reunion, celebration, occasion). Much less frequent than 'happy' or 'delighted' for referring to a person's momentary reaction to a specific piece of news. For example, 'I am delighted about your promotion' sounds natural, while 'I am joyful about your promotion' is unusual.

常見錯誤

❌I feel joyful about your promotion.
✅I'm delighted about your promotion.
💡'joyful' is uncommon for momentary personal reactions to specific news; use 'happy', 'delighted', or 'thrilled' instead.
❌She was joyful when she received the letter.
✅She was overjoyed when she received the letter.
💡'overjoyed' is the standard intensifier for a brief emotional reaction triggered by news; 'joyful' describes a mood or expression, not a sudden reaction.