| 单词 | happiness index |
| 释义 | > as lemmashappiness index General attributive, esp. with reference to measuring the level of contentment of a person or group of people, as happiness index, happiness level, etc. ΚΠ 1912 Financial Rev. of Reviews Aug. 37 Whatever the new expenditure, the happiness index soon returns to its old figure, whatever that may be, determined by unseen facts of the individual psyche. 1930 Sci. News Let. 15 Nov. 308/2 Among other findings from the happiness survey are: the state of a man's finances is no reliable gauge of his happiness. 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 44 571 The happiness index provided a rough measure which could be correlated with personality, sexual, and other background factors, the object being to discover factors that might be used in predicting the probable degree of adjustment in a given marriage. 1955 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 10 Mar. 7/2 (advt.) Getting liberal dividends twice a year on insured savings keeps you reminded that you're building permanent security. Try that on your happiness meter! 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 276 Perhaps she can try a glass or two of tonic wine? More likely her G.P. will..prescribe a happiness pill. 1998 Independent 24 Nov. i. 5/2 (caption) ‘Happiness indicators’, such as land use, will be used to gauge the average Briton's quality of life. 2012 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 23/1 Happiness levels throughout life form a U-curve, reaching their lowest ebb in the mid-forties before climbing back up into old age. < as lemmas |
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