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！
• 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。
• Come to gloat is more like it.
  应该是来表示祝贺的吧。
• He hadn't come there to gloat.
  他没有去那里幸灾乐祸。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）
• He couldn't resist a small gloat when the woman who sacked him lost her own job.
  当那个解雇他的女人自己也丢了，工作时，他禁不住有点幸灾乐祸。
• He'll be here soon to gloat over his victory.
  他很快就会来这里炫耀他的胜利。