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動詞

to get a charge out of

1. (idiomatic) To derive excitement, entertainment, or pleasure from.
   • 1969, Juliette Lemercier and Justine Lemercier, The Turkish Bath, ISBN 9781608720903, p. 108:

     Anyway, I used to get a charge out of the writing on the walls in the John.

   • 1989 Oct. 2, "Yachting: Courting the America's Cup," Time:

     Even landlubbers who find yacht racing about as exciting as watching grass grow might get a charge out of the litigious storm swirling around the America's Cup.

   • 2009 Jan. 2, Alina Tugend, "Coping Skills and Horrible Imaginings ," New York Times (retrieved 27 Nov 2011):

     There are gamblers who get a charge out of playing the odds and thrive off risk.

同意語

• get off on