ecstatic
英 [ɪk'stætɪk; ek-]
美 [ɪk'stætɪk]
英語の語源
- ecstatic (adj.)
- 1590s, "mystically absorbed," from Greek ekstatikos "unstable, inclined to depart from," from ekstasis (see ecstasy). Meaning "characterized by or subject to intense emotions" is from 1660s, now usually pleasurable ones, but not originally always so. Related: Ecstatical; ecstatically.
例文
- 1. The production received ecstatic reviews and had audiences weeping.
- その上演シーンは好評で、観客を泣かせた。
- 2.They gave an ecstatic reception to the speech.
- 彼らはノリノリで講演を聴いた。
- 3.Sally was ecstatic about her new job.
- サリーは彼女の新しい仕事に狂奔するほど喜んでいる。
- 4.She was absolutely ecstatic when I told her the news.
- このニュースを彼女に伝えると、彼女はとても興奮した。
- 5.Annie was ecstatic about the idea.
- アニーはこのアイデアに大喜びした。
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