Festivity

(n.) The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.

(n.) A festival; a festive celebration.

校对:弗恩

• Meanwhile among our guests in the park, all thoughts of festivity had faded. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• So there was quite a little festivity on Winifred's account, the day Gudrun returned to Shortlands. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Raymond expressed himself delighted to see him, declaring that he should make one in the festivity of the night. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Festivity, and even libertinism, became the order of the day. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The festivities of a show began with a ceremonial procession (_pompa_) and a sham fight (_pr?lusio_). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mrs. Peniston delighted in discussing the minutest details of festivities in which she had not taken part. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• We had our little festivities on those occasions and exchanged social ideas. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The festivities, so to speak, closed with another of those miraculous balls on the promenade deck. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He asked little parties and invented festivities to do her honour. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The morning charities and ceremonies took so much time that the rest of the day was devoted to preparations for the evening festivities. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• One or two of the old properties were drawn out of the garrets, where they had lain ever since, and furbished up anew for the present festivities. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It contained a brilliant account of the festivities and of the beautiful and accomplished Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's admirable personifications. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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