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

• We are desperate to find out news of home. In reality we want to gloat, I mean share, this experience.
  我们急切地盼望得到家中消息，但实际上也是想炫示炫示，我指的是想让他们分享我们此刻的感受。
• She seems to gloat over other people's misfortunes.
  她好像喜欢幸灾乐祸地看别人遭遇不幸。
• Jim likes to gloat over all the sports prizes he has own, which he keeps in a glass case.
  吉姆喜欢得意地欣赏他自己在历次运动会上所获得的奖品，他把这些奖品存放在一个玻璃柜里。
• By the end of the game on Sunday, most of the Yankees'fans had left, leaving scattered Mets fans to holler and gloat.
  星期天的比赛散场之前，大部分的洋基球迷早已离开球场，只剩下大都会的球迷在现场大吼大叫。
• I know I shouldn't gloat, but it really serves him right.
  我知道我不该幸灾乐祸，但他确实活该。
• He'll be here soon to gloat over his victory.
  他很快就会来这里炫耀他的胜利。
• Don't you think it's a little unkind to gloat over your competitor's failure?
  你难道不认为对你对手的失败幸灾乐祸是有点不近人情吗？
• Steve Jobs has had plenty of reasons to gloat since then, but even just a decade ago, Apple was a footnote in the story of modern computing.
  乔布斯有充分的理由去羞臊迈克尔•戴尔的面皮。
• 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）
• 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。