jolly

• adj. 愉快的；欢乐的；宜人的
• adv. 很；非常
• vt. （口）用好话劝某人做…；（口）用好话使高兴
• vi. （口）开玩笑
• n. (Jolly)人名；(法)若利；(英、印)乔利；(德)约利

来自古法语jolif,节日，欢乐。词源不确定，可能来自古诺斯语jol,冬天的节日，词源同Yule,yuletide.或来自拉丁语gaudere,享受，愉悦，词源同gaudy,enjoy.

jolly

jolly: [14] Old French jolif meant ‘pleasant, merry, festive’ (it has been speculated that it may have been derived from jól, the Old Norse term for the midwinter festival, to which English yule is closely related). English took the adjective over, and whereas in French (the modern form is joli) it has come to mean ‘pretty’, in English it kept closer to the original sense ‘merry’.
=> yule

jolly (adj.)

c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jolif "festive, merry, amorous, pretty" (12c.) of uncertain origin (cognate with Italian giulivo "merry, pleasant").

Perhaps a Germanic loan-word from a source akin to Old Norse jol "a winter feast" (see yule), or from Latin gaudere "to rejoice," from PIE *gau- "to rejoice" (see joy). For loss of -f, compare tardy, hasty. Related: Jollily; jolliness.

1. It was jolly hard luck on him, wasn't it?

他可真倒霉，不是吗？

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2. It was jolly hard work, but I loved it.

这可是件很苦的差事，不过我喜欢。

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3. She was jolly good at jigsaws.

她拼图玩得很棒。

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4. She had a very jolly time in Korea.

她在韩国玩得很惬意。

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5. I was looking forward to a jolly party.

我期待着有一个令人愉快的聚会。

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