HAPPYextremely happy and excited, especially because of something that has happened or is going to happen 兴高采烈的,欢欣鼓舞的OPP depressed
He felt elated and mildly drunk.
他感到欢欣鼓舞,而且喝得有点醉了。
elated at/by
She was elated at the prospect of a holiday.
她想到要度假就特别高兴。
Examples from the Corpus
elated• When I told her the news I thought she'd be elated.• For my part, I feel elated and close to tears.• She was at once elated and frightened.• He felt both elated and frightened.• The three of us worked together excellently, elated and playful.• For a moment she was elated, but that didn't last.• Jeremy felt elated by this sudden and unexpectedsuccess.• One day, in an elatedmood, we thought we would give Eliot a surprise.• Matthew was elated, so pleased he couldn't speak.• Nor was the thought that he alone might hold the key to the mystery the solecomponent in his strangely elated state.• We were elated to find out Sue was pregnant again.• Elated with the electionvictory, the crowdwavedbanners and chanted.
felt elated• A chastened man, an older man, he remembered: All summer, to begin with, he felt elated.• Pastor Braun appeared on the walk from the main building and for a moment we felt elated.• Having made the decision he now felt elated again.• I felt elated at beating Dennis, he was rated a medal hope.• She felt elated, different, so different, free.• Mungo felt elated, smiling back.• He felt elated, warm-hearted at the sight of the place where he'd been born.• And had she not felt elated when he praised her in that soft, beguilingvoice?
Originelated
(1500-1600)Latinelatus, past participle of efferre“to carry up”