happy about, come and ask. fft M ^ ff AA (ft, i£ ^ o O I’m not happy with his
work this term. Ec)frt fife ik ¥ SB % M A it o o She was happy enough
with her performance. fc&X'MF g E o I’m not
too happy about her
living alone. AA/ifc'll'itftfe-'AA ft0 ol said I’d go just to
keep him happy. EciftjiEcH
AKJiATitMAo
►
WILLING If 1; 5 ~ to do sth (formal) willing or
pleased to
do sth 'If flU A;i: ( ) : I’m happy to leave it
till
tomorrow. HfSEifi'&IjilPi? AffMo 0 He will be more than
happy to come with us.
►
LUCKY 6 lucky;
successful
fortunate : By a happy
coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time. M *5 isH , lie 111 $'J jf?
|sj frf 3ij i* „
0 He is in the happy position of never having to worry
about money. itisHMU, M.3fcAJf!
AiHtli'll'o
►
SUITABLE 7 (formal) (of words,
ideas or behaviour
W io . & IS §5c It A) suitable and appropriate for a particular situation £$ ; to ^ &A That wasn’t the happiest choice of words. <>
► hap pi ness noun [U]: to find true happiness
o Her
eyes shone with happiness. ftfefftiH
o note at satisfaction HTTfll a .happy e'vent the birth of
a baby ( ) U# a/the happy
medium something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing
sth Jff A A A not a happy bunny [BrE) (NAmE not a .happy camper) [informal) not pleased about a
situation A iji (ft A (it 11: She wasn’t a happy bunny at all. jltBAitMo
many happy re'turns (of the day) used to wish sb a
happy and pleasant birthday (ABEt^lAB'ftA,
^ — more at mean n.
happy-clappy /.haepi 'klaepi/ adj. [BrE, often disapproving) connected with a
Christian group which worships in a very loud and enthusiastic way, showing a
lot of feeling (
.happy
families noun [u] a children’s
card game played with special cards with pictures of family members on them.
The aim is to get as many whole families as possible. 'ftA^CJl$?$
(
naa.piay
happy
families to do things that normal happy families do, especially when you want it
to appear that your family is happy 1$ 'ft A M.$ M &J ♦ : I’m not going to play happy families just
for the benefit of your parents. 'aMxX&J
.happy-go-'lucky
adj. not caring or
worrying about the future Att Alt (ft; AA&A a happy-go-lucky attitude Att Aft 1$ 0 a happy-go-lucky sort
of person
'happy hour noun [usually
sing.] (informal) a time,
usually in the early evening, when a pub or a bar sells alcoholic drinks at
lower prices than usual % A ft
( )
hap tic /'haeptik/ adj. [technical A in) relating to or
involving the sense of touch
Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to
control the game.
hara-kiri
/,haera 'kiri; NAmE ,hera 'keri/ noun [u] (from Japanese) an act of killing
yourself by cutting open your stomach with a sword, performed
especially by the samurai in Japan in the past,
to avoid losing honour
frh )
haram bee /ha'raembi:/ noun [C, u] (EAfrE) 1 [C] a meeting
that is held in order to collect money for sth, for example a community project
( g
(HJ ) They held a harambee
meeting to
raise funds for a new
classroom. 1M1 AT 2 [U] the act of joining
with other
people to achieve a
difficult task A'll'"ft fl: the spirit of harambee
harangue /ha'raer)/ verb, noun
• verb [VN] to
speak loudly and angrily in a way that criticizes sb/sth or tries to persuade
people to do sth PrI
■ noun a long loud angry
speech that criticizes sb/sth or tries to persuade people to do sth Wiit A; 'If
harass /'haeras; ha'raes/ verb [VN] *1 [often passive] to annoy or worry sb
by putting pressure on them or saying or doing unpleasant things to them ff ^
El: He
has complained of being harassed by the police. flfeSijT^PJW A'SElo O She claims she has
been sexually harassed at work. Xf£2 to
make repeated attacks on
an enemy AWiSCrfr ( i&A ) 03G3 harry ► har-ass-ment noun [U] :
racial/sexual
harassment
harassed /'haerast; ha'raest/ adj. tired and anxious
because you have too much to do $£ jgc ^ jg ^ : a harassed-looking
waiter o harassed
mothers with their children
SYNONYMS
happy
satisfied ♦ content ♦
contented ♦ joyful * blissful
These
words all describe feeling, showing or giving pleasure or satisfaction.
IM±#ii#J^TS'ft&, It'ft, mMo
happy feeling,
showing or giving pleasure; satisfied with sth or not worried about it fa'ftA^J,
dtlffrT $Ml'$J:
a happy
marriage/memory/childhood A®
/
UltZ / o / said I’d go,
just to keep him
happy
satisfied pleased because you have achieved
sth or because sth has happened as you wanted it to; showing this satisfaction itAftfK JftEt
$]:
She’s never
satisfied with what she’s got. M A g B0H#?!| o a satisfied smile
m.
content [not
before noun] happy and satisfied with what you have jfjSStjg;, A: I’m perfectly content
just to lie in the sun.
)£.<>
contented happy
and comfortable with what you have; showing this 1SicW: a
contented baby o a long contented
sighmMM&'R
CONTENT OR CONTENTED? content 3SS contented ? Being contented depends more on having a
comfortable life; being content can depend more on your attitude to your
life: you can have to be content or learn
to be content. People or animals can be contented but only people can be content. * contented
^ ^ @ ^ fg 0 & ® jg jg; content £ Xt £fi§W^f£!, have to be content (
learn to be content ( l^frljg. ) 0 AfB^1%^lRrIE contented. fSH^AcontentQ joyful [rather formal) very happy; making people very
happy 'ftAW, ^A'lmtt
blissful making
people very happy; showing this happiness jt^Ali'ftW, AWJ: three
blissful weeks away ^ WlM
JOYFUL OR BLISSFUL? joyful &Ml blissful ?
Joy is a livelier feeling; bliss is more peaceful. * joy
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immsama, buss
►
to be/feel happy/satisfied/content/contented/joyful/ blissful
►
to look/seem/sound happy/satisfied/content/ contented
►
a happy/satisfied/contented/blissful smile
►
a happy/joyful laugh
►
a happy/joyful occasion
very/perfectly happy/satisfied/content/contented