感情(emotion, feeling)
1、欢乐(happiness, joy)
欢欣鼓舞be filled with exultation/dance with joy
极度高兴be elated/extremely happy
开心的feel happy/rejoice/joyful/be delighted
可喜的gratifying/heartening
乐不可支be overwhelmed with joy/overjoyed/beside oneself with happiness
满怀喜悦之情be overflowing with joy
飘飘然smug/self-satisfied/complacent
赏心悦目find the scenery pleasing to both the eye and the mind
无忧无虑be light-hearted/free from care/without sorrow and anxiety
喜出望外be overjoyed/be pleasantly surprised/be overcome with unexpected joy/delighted wit h unexpectedly good results
喜上眉梢One’s delight appears on the end of the eyebrow./light up with joy
喜闻乐见love to see and hear/be what one would like to see and to hear
心旷神怡relaxed and happy/carefree and joyous/refreshed in spirit
心满意足be perfectly content(satisfied)
心情舒畅have ease of mind/be free from anxiety
欣喜若狂be wild with joy/go into raptures/be in an ecstasy of delight
兴高采烈in high spirits/in great delight
兴致勃勃full of zest
悠闲自在be happy and contented/leisurely and carefree
正在兴头上at the he ight of one’s happiness or enthusiasm
自得其乐be content with one’s lot/take delight in doing sth. As a pleasurable occupation
2、愁苦(worry)
唉声叹气have great sighs/sigh and moan/sigh in despair
多愁善感sentimental/always melancholy and moody
叫苦不迭pour out endless grievances /cry bitterness without ceasing
痛心疾首with bitter hatred/deplore greatly
心烦意乱be confused in mind out of sorts/confused and worried
心灰意懒be disheartened/be downhearted/very much discouraged
辛酸sad/bitter/miserable
忧心忡忡heavyhearted/care-laden/laden with anxieties/be full of anxiety
3、愤怒、怨恨(hatred)
抱恨终天regret sth. To the end of one’s days/regret forever
大发雷霆be furious/fly into a rage/become very angry
赌气feel wronged and act rashly
发火get angry/flare up/lose one’s temper
发脾气lose one’s temp er/get angry
愤愤不平be indignant/feel aggrieved/be resentful
愤世嫉俗detest the world and its ways/highly critical of society
敢怒而不敢言be forced to keep one’s resentment to oneself/suppress one’s rage/choke with silent fury/feel indignant but not dare to speak out
红了眼become infuriated
火冒三丈fly into a rage/burst into a fury
悔恨regret deeply/be bitterly remorseful
疾言厉色look fierce and talk boisterously/harsh words and stern looks
满腹牢骚be full of grievances/be full of resentment/be full of complaints
闹情绪be disgruntled/be in low spirits
腻烦be bored/be fed up/loathe/hate
怒气冲冲in a great rage
气冲冲furious/beside oneself with rage
撒气vent one’s anger or ill temper
生气take offence/get angry
羞愤ashamed and resentful
厌烦be sick of /be fed up with
一失足成千古恨A single slip may cause lasting sorrow./The error of a moment becomes the regret of a lifetime
怨声载道Cries of discontent rise all round./Complaints are heard everywhere.
4、爱(love)
爱不释手fondle admiringly/be too fond of something to let go of it
比翼双飞pair off wing to wing/fly side by side/go with each other all the time as lovers
慈爱love/affection/kindness
肝胆相照，荣辱与共show utter devotion to(a friend, etc)/loyal-hearted-share honour or disgr ace with sb
海枯石烂心不变The sea may run dry and the rocks may crumble, but our hearts will alw ays remain loyal.
恋恋不舍be reluctant to part with/hate to see sb. Go/unwilling to give up
莫逆之交bosom friends/friends with complete mutual understanding
难舍难分loath to part from each other/can hardly bear to tear oneself away
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重a goose feather sent from a thousand li away/send the feather of a swan one thousand li/The gift itself may be light as a goose feather, but sent from afar, i t conveys deep feeling
亲密无间be on very intimate terms with each other
情同手足like brothers/with brotherly love for each other/be closely like brothers
同甘共苦share joys and sorrows/go through thick and thin together
同心同德be of one heart and one mind/be delicate heart and soul to the same cause
珍爱treasure/love dearly/be very fond of
真情true feelings/real sentiments
真情实意truly and wholeheartedly/genuinely and sincerely/out of genuine friend ship
四、语言(language)
帮腔speak in support of somebody
避而不谈evade the question/avoid the subject
表白vindicate oneself/assert one’s sincerity/bare one’s heart
不经之谈absurd statement/a cock-and-bull story/baseless talk
不言而喻It goes without saying./It is self-evident./understand without being told
不知所云not know what somebody is driving at/not to have the slightest idea about the me aning of some remarks/be at a loss as to what to way
不着边际wide of the mark/not to the point/irrelevant
长篇大论a lengthy speech or article
畅所欲言speak one’s mind freely
陈词滥调hackneyed and stereotyped expressions/clichés/old stuff
出口成章words flow from the mouth as from the pen of a master/make a polished improm ptu speech
出言不逊make impertinent remarks/use offensive language/talk disagreeably/use rude langua ge/utter insulting remarks
辞不达意one’s words fail to express his idea
答非所问give an irrelevant answer
大言不惭brag unblushingly/talk big/boast without shame
道听途说market gossip/street gossip and hearsay
颠三倒四，语无伦次utter words that do not hang together/talk incoherently
东拉西扯drag in all sorts of irrelevant matters/talk at random/talk aimlessly/ramble
泛泛而谈talk in generalities
肺腑之言words from the bottom of one’s heart
沸沸扬扬bubbling sith noise/in a bubble/give rise to much discussion
高谈阔论indulge in loud and empty talk
含糊其词talk ambiguously/in vague terms
豪言壮语brave of proud words/heroic utterance
好话说尽，坏事做绝say every fine word and do every foul deed
胡言乱语talk nonsense/rave/talk through one/s hat
花言巧语sweet words/deceiving words
哗众取宠try to please the public with claptrap/talk big to impress people
绘声绘色vivid/lively/described to the life/true to nature
缄口不言keep silent and say nothing/hold one’s tongue
简明扼要brief and to the point/terse and concise
交头接耳speak in each other’s ears/whisper to each othe r/exchange confidential whispers 津津乐道talk delight in talking about/talk with great relish/dwell upon…with great relish 据理力争argue strongly on just grounds
开门见山come straight to the point/declare one’s intention immediately
空话连篇fill endless pages with empty talk
口口声声say again and again/keep on saying/talk repeatedly
夸大其词make an overstatement/exaggerate
冷嘲热讽freezing irony and burning satire/scornful words and jeering smiles
冷言冷语sarcastic comments/ironical remarks/cold words
慢条斯理leisurely/unhurriedly
名正言顺come wi thin one’s jurisdiction/be perfectly justifiable/right titles and proper words 排难解纷mediate a dispute/settle difficulties/settle disputes
平心而论in all fairness/give somebody his due
平心静气calmly/dispassionately
奇谈怪论fantastic stories and theories
轻描淡写describe with a delicate touch/mention casually/touch on lightly
人多嘴杂Agreement is difficult if there are too many people.
人言可畏Gossip is a fearful thing
人云亦云repeat word for word what others say/parrot/echo the views of others
试问We should like to ask/May we ask?
说东道西make irresponsible and carping comments
说教preach/deliver a sermon
说三道四make irresponsible remarks
说一不二mean what one says/stand by one’s word
随声附和echo what others say/follow the majority blindly
谈吐文雅talk in polite and cultivated language
谈吐幽默talk with a sense of humor
谈笑风生talk cheerfully and humorously
谈笑自若go on talking and laughing as if nothing had happened
滔滔不绝talk on and on in a flow of eloquence/incessant talk
添枝加叶embellish a story/falsify a story by coloring it up
头头是道clear and logical/closely reasoned and well argued
脱口而出say something unwittingly/escape one’s lips
婉言相劝gently persuade
婉言谢绝graciously decline/politely refuse
违心之论words uttered against one’s conscience/obviously insincere talk
娓娓动听speak with absorbing interest/talk in an impressive way
无稽之谈fantastic talk/sheer nonsense/baseless gossip(talk)
相提并论mention in the same breath
信口开河talk irresponsibly/talk nonsense/shoot off one’s mouth
叙别have a farewell talk
叙述narrate/recount/relate
训斥reprimand/rebuke/press down
哑口无言be left without an argument/be rendered speechless/shut up when defeated in argu ment
言不尽意speak with reticence
言不由衷speak insincerely/speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek
言而无信fail to keep faith/go back on one’s word。
