(1) crow over表示①为自己取得的成就而高兴;②对某人的失败或不幸感到幸灾乐祸。
- Our team are crowing over their victory.
我们队正在为他们取得的胜利而高兴呢。 - It's unkind to crow over a fellow student who has failed his examination.
对一个考试不及格的同学幸灾乐祸是不好的。
(2) exult at/in意思是“为(某事)感到高兴”,较正式。
- The whole family exulted at Jim's success.
全家都对吉姆的成功感到高兴。 - Our team are exulting in their victory.
我们队正在为他们的胜利高兴呢。
(3) exult over意为“对某人的失败或不幸幸灾乐祸”。
- It's unkind to exult over a fellow student's failure.
对一个同学的失败幸灾乐祸是不好的。
(4) gloat over指怀着心满意足的心理洋洋自得地去看或想自己的财富、金钱、成功等;幸灾乐祸于别人的不幸或失败。
- Our team are gloating over our victory.
我们队正在为自己的胜利洋洋自得。 - Don't you think it's a little unkind to gloat over your competitor's failure?
你不认为对你的竞争对手的失败幸灾乐祸有点不厚道吗? - Why are you gloating over Jane's not being invited? What is it to you?
你为什么对简的未被邀请而幸灾乐祸呢?这对你有什么好处?
(5) revel in是对某人、某事或做某事感到洋洋自得或高兴。
- Besides, we reveled in the breathtaking vision of the spacecraft rising on its fiery tail, of the astronauts pirouetting through the sunlit vacuum as they retrieved and repaired stricken satellites.
另外,宇宙飞船拖着烈焰升上太空、宇航员在阳光灿烂的太空中旋转着身躯回收和修理破损的人造卫星,我们对于这些令人惊叹的景象感到心醉神迷。 - Why do children revel in making trouble?
为什么小孩子总是喜欢捣蛋呢?