• adj. 愉快的；快樂無憂的

來自PIE *bhel, 照耀，閃光，指容光滿面。詞源同bliss.

blithe (adj.)

Old English blite "joyous, kind, cheerful, pleasant," from Proto-Germanic *blithiz "gentle, kind" (cognates: Old Saxon bliei "bright, happy," Middle Dutch blide, Dutch blijde, Old Norse blier "mild, gentle," Old High German blidi "gay, friendly," Gothic bleits "kind, friendly, merciful").

Rare since 16c. No cognates outside Germanic. "The earlier application was to the outward expression of kindly feeling, sympathy, affection to others, as in Gothic and ON.; but in OE. the word had come more usually to be applied to the external manifestation of one's own pleased or happy frame of mind, and hence even to the state itself." [OED]

1. He drove with blithe disregard for the rules of the road.

他開車時全然不顧交通法規。

來自《權威詞典》

2. A blithe heart makes a blooming visage.

人逢喜事精神爽.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. She said "hi" with the blithe assurance of someone who knew how much she'd been missed.

她高興地說了聲“嗨”，好像確信大家非常想念她似的。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Suzanne's feelings about food and eating had gone from blithe unconcern to anxiety.

蘇珊娜對飲食的態度已經從無所謂變成了焦慮不安。

來自柯林斯例句

5. It does so with blithe disregard for best scientific practice.

沒有考慮最科學的做法就輕率地這么做了。

來自辭典例句