ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOOD | MOOD + VERB | MOOD + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤cheerful, cheery, good, happy, jovial, pleasant高興的心情;好心情;愉快的心情◇She was not in the best of moods.她情緒不太好。➤bullish, buoyant, confident (especially BrE) , jubilant, optimistic, positive, upbeat高漲的情緒;信心十足;樂觀的情緒;積極的情緒◇She was in an upbeat mood about the future of the company.她對公司的未來充滿信心。➤bad, black, foul, rotten, sour, terrible心情不好;情緒低落;心情很糟;心情很壞➤negative, pessimistic消極的/悲觀的情緒➤dark, depressed, gloomy, melancholy, sad, sombre/somber陰鬱的心情;抑鬱的心情;低落的情緒;鬱鬱寡歡;難過的心情;沮喪的心情➤bitchy (informal) , grumpy, irritable暴躁的情緒;易怒的情緒➤contemplative, introspective, pensive, reflective, serious, sober, thoughtful(在)沉思;(在)內省;心情嚴肅;思緒萬千➤expansive, talkative談興很濃➤mellow, relaxed暢快的/放鬆的心情➤changing變化的情緒◇I can't keep up with his constantly changing moods.他喜怒無常,讓我無所適從。➤defiant (especially BrE) 不服的情緒◇The workers were in defiant mood as they entered the tribunal.員工們走進仲裁法庭時看上去蔑視一切。➤generous慷慨大方➤funny, strange, weird情緒古怪◇He's in a funny mood today-who knows how he'll react?他今天情緒怪怪的 - 誰知道他會作何反應?➤playful玩鬧的心情➤celebratory, festive喜慶的/節日的氣氛◇It was Christmas and everyone was in a festive mood.聖誕節到了,每個人都沉浸在節日的歡樂氣氛中。➤romantic浪漫的氣氛➤national, popular, public國民的/大眾的/公眾的心態◇a president who can gauge the popular mood會揣測大眾心態的總統➤general, overall普遍的/總體的情緒◇The overall mood was optimistic.總體情緒是積極樂觀的。➤current, prevailing目前的/主流的情緒◇the prevailing mood in the country at the time當時該國的主流情緒VERB + MOOD➤be in心情⋯◇Don't talk to Miranda today-she's in a terrible mood!今天不要和米蘭達說話,她心情糟透了!➤get sb in, put sb in使某人處於⋯情緒◇The music helped to put them in a more relaxed mood.音樂使他們情緒更加放鬆。➤create, evoke引起⋯心境➤affect影響情緒➤match, reflect, suit與心情相一致;反映心情;適合心情◇Choose clothes to match your mood.要選擇適合你心情的衣服。◇The weather seemed to reflect his dark mood.天氣陰沉沉的,正如他陰鬱的心情。➤convey表達情緒➤capture, catch捕捉情緒◇a movie that has captured the mood of the moment反映了當下人們心境的電影➤gauge揣測心境➤read, sense讀懂/感知情緒◇Nicky seemed able to read her mood.尼基似乎能讀懂她的心境。◇He could sense her gloomy mood.他能夠感覺到她憂鬱的心境。➤establish, set形成/營造氣氛◇The right music sets the mood for such a great moment.合適的音樂能為如此重大的時刻營造氣氛。➤break, kill, ruin, spoil破壞氣氛;毀掉氣氛◇His comments pretty much killed the mood for the rest of the show.他的解說基本上毀掉了演出剩餘部份的氣氛。➤dampen, darken使情緒變得低落◇Not wanting to dampen her good mood, I quickly changed the subject.因為不想影響她的好心情,我很快改變了話題。➤boost, brighten, elevate, enhance, improve, lift, lighten振奮心情;使情緒好轉;使心情開朗◇It immediately brightened her mood and brought a smile to her face.這立刻讓她心情開朗,滿面笑容。➤regulate調整情緒◇Serotonin is a brain chemical which regulates mood.血清素是一種調整情緒的大腦化合物。MOOD + VERB➤change, shift情緒變化/轉變➤become..., grow..., turn...情緒變得⋯◇The crowd's mood abruptly turned violent.人群的情緒突然變得暴烈起來。➤darken情緒變得低落➤brighten, improve, lift, lighten情緒好轉;心情變輕鬆◇His mood lifted as he concentrated on his driving.他集中精力駕車時,心情又好了起來。MOOD + NOUN➤change, swing情緒的改變/波動◇After the accident he suffered violent mood swings.出事之後,他的情緒波動很大。➤state心境◇the challenge of coping with negative mood states應對負面情緒狀態的挑戰➤disorder, disturbance情緒障礙/錯亂◇Mood disorders can disrupt relationships.情緒障礙可能擾亂人際關係。➤symptoms情緒症狀PHRASES➤be in no mood for sth對⋯沒有心情◇I tried to make him laugh, but he was in no mood for jokes.我盡力想逗他笑,可他根本就沒心思聽笑話。➤a change of mood情緒變化◇Instantly he felt her change of mood.他立刻感到了她情緒上的變化。➤when the mood strikes you情緒上來的時候◇She could be a very funny girl when the mood struck her.她心情好的時候會變得很風趣。