gloat

英 [ɡləʊt]

美 [ɡloʊt]

v.  扬扬得意; 沾沾自喜; 幸灾乐祸

现在分词：gloating　过去式：gloated　第三人称单数：gloats　过去分词：gloated　复数：gloats　

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牛津词典

verb

• 扬扬得意；沾沾自喜；幸灾乐祸
  to show that you are happy about your own success or sb else's failure, in an unpleasant way
  1. She was still gloating over her rival's disappointment.
     她仍在为对手的失望而幸灾乐祸。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 洋洋得意；幸灾乐祸
  If someoneis gloating, they are showing pleasure at their own success or at other people's failure in an arrogant and unpleasant way.
  1. Anti-abortionists are gloating over the court's decision...
     法庭的判决让反堕胎主义者非常得意。
  2. This is nothing to gloat about.
     这没什么好幸灾乐祸的。

英英释义

noun

• malicious satisfaction
  Synonym:gloatingglee

verb

• dwell on with satisfaction
  Synonym:triumphcrow
• gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy

双语例句

• -the horrible ugliness of this exposure of a sick and guilty heart to the very eye that would gloat over it?
  竟然把一颗病弱和犯罪的心暴露给幸灾乐祸地注视着的眼睛，丑得有多可怕啊！
• Defend me because you are just, LORD; my God, do not let them gloat over me.
  上主，求你审断我要照你的公义，我主，不要让他们对我洋洋得意。
• My spies tell me that meddling Mechanist has been removed from the picture. I only wish I had that tin-man's shell to gloat over!
  我的间谍告诉我那个干涉机械论者已经从这张照片中被移除。我只是希望我能有那个铁家伙的壳在那边幸灾乐祸！
• He was there to gloat over their defeat.
  他在那里对他们的失败幸灾乐祸。
• It was supererogatory for her to gloat ( Mary McCarthy)
  她也在一旁幸灾乐祸地看得出神，真是多余（玛丽麦卡锡）
• I sensed that he was coming to the end of his gloat.
  我感觉到，他即将结束他贪婪的注视。
• But advocates of competing biofuel and electric vehicles should not gloat as they are not prevailing on technological or environmental merit.
  然而，生物燃料汽车和电动汽车（氢燃料汽车的竞争对手）的支持者不应幸灾乐祸，因为这两类汽车并不具备技术和环保优势。
• It is a rite of passage to gripe – and occasionally gloat – about Hong Kong property prices.
  抱怨或偶尔地得意于香港的房地产价格，是香港人的必修课。
• He'll be here soon to gloat over his victory.
  他很快就会来这里炫耀他的胜利。
• He hadn't come there to gloat.
  他没有去那里幸灾乐祸。