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外刊例句
- All the signs are that big tech has succumbed to irrational exuberance.
所有迹象都表明，大型科技公司已经屈服于非理性繁荣。
——《经济学人》 - Trout has always embodied the youthful exuberance of his sport.
特劳特始终体现着他这项运动的青春活力。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience
[名词] 充满活力、兴奋和快乐的性质；热情洋溢
深入解读
从词源上来看， exuberance 一词源自拉丁语 exuberare （大量的、茂盛生长的）的抽象名词 exuberantia （过多），经法语 exubérance 于17世纪30年代进入英语后，即用来表示植物的“茂盛、繁茂”，也可以指“茂盛的生长物、充溢的事物”，常意味着植物茁壮且生长迅速。比如：
- 茂密的草木
an exuberance of vegetation - 他这个人充满了幻想。
There is an exuberance of fancy in him.
茁壮且生长迅速的草木往往给人一种生机勃勃、喜气洋洋的感觉，进而 exuberance 常用来喻指“生气勃勃、精力旺盛”以及“热情洋溢、兴高采烈、喜气洋洋”，常意味着某个人或某个事物如茁壮生长的草木那般充溢着活力、兴奋和快乐。比如：
- 他们的谈话往往很难懂，但他们的兴奋之情还是显露了出来。
Their talk is often hard to fathom but their exuberance still comes through.
名著用例
We were as motley, as raucous, as undisciplined as any bunch of five hundred and eighty-one ten year olds; and on top of our natural exuberance, there was the excitement of our discovery of each other.
五百八十一个各色各样的十岁孩子聚在一起，其吵吵闹闹、不守纪律的程度可想而知，我们当然也不例外。小孩子天生精力旺盛，除此以外，大家更为能够互相认识而兴奋不已。
出自印裔英国作家萨尔曼·鲁西迪（Salman Rushdie，又译萨尔曼·拉什迪）在1981年出版的长篇小说《午夜之子》（Midnight's Children）。
同近义词
- ebullience: the quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance
- buoyancy: a cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition
- exhilaration: a feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation
