exhilarate

verb

1. 使高兴；使兴奋；使激动
   to make sb feel very happy and excited
   1. Speed had always exhilarated him.
      速度总是使他感到兴奋。

1. Through it all we worked like demons with the wild exhilaration of despair, for even despair can exhilarate.
   我们象中了魔似的拚命地干着，因为绝望也能给人以力量。
2. To exhilarate or stupefy as if with alcohol. He drinks much champagne and Becomes elevated.
   使陶醉使人兴奋或木然，就象喝醉了酒似的他喝了许多香槟，已经醉醺醺的了。

verb

1. fill with sublime emotion
   1. The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
   2. He was inebriated by his phenomenal success

   Synonym:    tickle pinkinebriatethrillexaltbeatify