c. 1300, "to be glad;" 1550s, "to make glad;" see glad (adj.) + -en (1). Earlier in both senses was simply glad (v.), from Old English gladian, Mercian gleadian "be glad; make glad." Related: Gladdened; gladdening.
雙語例句
1. It must gladden your old mother's heart to see you.
你家老太太看見你準心里喜歡.
來自漢英文學 - 圍城
2. Rich, intoxicating autumn! What scene to gladden people's hearts!
啊, 多么使人心醉的絢麗燦爛的秋色, 多么令人興奮的欣欣向榮的景象 啊 !
來自漢英文學 - 現(xiàn)代散文
3. Don't sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.
勿使親者痛仇者快。
來自辭典例句
4. Do not sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.
勿使親者痛仇者快.
來自辭典例句
5. Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones.