felicity

词根词缀:

词根
felic= happy 幸福

felicitate v. 祝贺,庆祝

felic 幸福 + itate 表动词 → 使…幸福 → 祝贺

felicitation n. 庆祝,庆贺

felicitat 祝贺,庆祝 + ion 表名词 → 庆祝,庆贺

felicitous adj. (措辞等)恰当的,贴切的

felic 幸福 + itous …的 → 让人幸福的话语 → 恰当的

felicity n. 幸福;得体

felic 幸福 + ity 具备某种性质,状况 → 幸福;得体

infelicitous adj. 不幸的;不恰当的

in 不 + felicitous (措辞等)恰当的,贴切的 → 不幸的;不恰当的

infelicity n. 不幸;不恰当

in 不 + felicity 幸福;得体 → 不幸;不恰当

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相关例句:

I felt that, my brothers, they had felicity.

我感到,我的兄弟们,他们是一些幸福的人。

Till the next morning, however, she was not aware of all the felicity of her contrivance.

不过,她的神机妙算究竟造成了多大幸福,她一直到第二天早上才知道。

I marvel at the felicity of his style.

我惊叹他的精巧的文体。

That kind of faint pain actually is the felicity of a poet's fascination in every instant.

那种“隐隐的灼痛”,其实是一个诗人时刻迷恋的幸福。

Matrimonial felicity perhaps is vulgar; but I think nowadays she wishes she were a little less elegant.

也许婚姻的幸福就是庸俗的,但是,我想她现在也许宁愿少风雅一点儿。

Her patronage of felicity fashions had consisted of the purchase of one dress.

她对“幸福时装店”的惠顾只是买了一件衣服。