rejoice
verb [intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they rejoice | |
| he / she / it rejoices | |
| past simple rejoiced | |
| past participle rejoiced | |
| -ing form rejoicing |
to express great happiness about something 非常高兴；深感欣喜 When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice. 战争结束，人们终于可以欢欣鼓舞了。 - rejoice at/in/over something
The motor industry is rejoicing at the cut in car tax. 汽车行业对汽车减税感到非常高兴。 - rejoice to do something
They rejoiced to see their son well again. 他们看到儿子恢复了健康，无比高兴。 - rejoice that…
I rejoice that justice has prevailed. 我非常高兴正义得到伸张。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joir ‘experience joy’.