陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

convivial/ festive/ festivity/ frolicsome/ hilarity/ jovial/ masquerade/ merriment/ mirth/ pageant/ revelry/ rollicking/ spree

1. 「歡樂的」可用convivial、festive、frolicsome、jovial或rollicking：

•The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college song.

•All students were in a festive mood with the victory of their school volleyball team.

•The Spring Festival is the most festive occasion for the Chinese.

•Children are naturally frolicsome.

•I spent a jovial summer vacation with some of my relatives in the country.

•This is a very jovial evening.

•I will never forget the jovial chat with the old lady I came across on the train last week.

•We had a rollicking time at the party.

•This is a rollicking song about life at sea.

2. 名詞「歡樂」可用hilarity、merriment或mirth（文言），「狂歡」（尤其是涉及大量飲酒者）用revelry，「一段歡樂時光」叫spree：

•Oftentimes, wine gives not light hilarity but noisy merriment.

•Sounds of merriment were coming from the room.

•Wherever she goes, mirth follows.

•Christmas is a time of mirth, especially for children.

•They were exhausted after the night of revelry.

•On the day they got the pay they went out for a shopping spree.

•The lottery winner invited a good number of friends to a drinking spree.

3. 「慶祝活動」、「慶典」叫festivity，這個用法通常以複數festivities呈現。另外，慶祝活動中「壯觀的遊行」、「化妝遊行」叫pageant，「化妝舞會」叫masquerade：

•Hawaiian wedding festivities depend largely on the ethnic backgrounds of the couple.

•I won't leave Berlin until the end of the New Year festivities.

•The national anniversary pageant was splendid.

•There were hundreds of people, young and old, at the masquerade.