happiness /h'æpinəs/
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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]
happiness
快樂,幸運,適當
資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Happiness \Hap"pi*ness\, n. [From {Happy}.]
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! --Shak.
2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from
good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the
possession of those circumstances or that state of being
which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy;
contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially
of language.
Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For
there's a happiness, as well as care. --Pope.
Syn: {Happiness}, {Felicity}, {Blessedness}, {Bliss}.
Usage: Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every
kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites;
felicity is a more formal word, and is used more
sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated
associations; blessedness is applied to the most
refined enjoyment arising from the purest social,
benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes
still more exalted delight, and is applied more
appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.
O happiness! our being's end and aim! --Pope.
Others in virtue place felicity, But virtue
joined with riches and long life; In corporal
pleasures he, and careless ease. --Milton.
His overthrow heaped happiness upon him; For
then, and not till then, he felt himself, And
found the blessedness of being little. --Shak.
資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
happiness
n 1: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from
contentment to intense joy [syn: {felicity}] [ant: {unhappiness}]
2: emotions experienced when in a state of well-being [ant: {sadness}]
資料來源(4): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]
HAPPINESS, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the
misery of another.
資料來源(5): Internet Dictionary Project [english-latin]
happiness.
felicitas