pleasure, delight, rapture, enjoyment, joy, fun

名詞 pleasure:

1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
   同義詞：pleasance
2. something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness
   同義詞：joy, delight
3. a formal expression
4. an activity that affords enjoyment
5. sexual gratification

1. She took no pleasure in her work.
   她覺得自己的工作毫無樂趣。
2. She seemed to take pleasure in our suffering.
   她似乎對我們的痛苦幸災樂禍。
3. He listened with pleasure to the beautiful music.
   他陶醉在美妙的音樂中。

pleas.ure

n.（名詞）
The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.
愉悅，滿足：高興或滿足的狀態(tài)或感覺
A source of enjoyment or delight:
高興，歡樂：享受或高興的緣由：
例句：
The graceful skaters were a pleasure to watch.
看優(yōu)美的滑冰者是一種享受

Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment:
娛樂：娛樂、消遣或世俗的享樂：
例句：
.Pleasure . . . is a safer guide than either right or duty.(Samuel Butler)
.娛樂…是比權利或義務更安全的指標.(塞繆爾·巴特勒)

Sensual gratification or indulgence.
（感官的）享樂：感官的滿足或沉溺
One`s preference or wish:
喜好：某人的偏愛或愿望：
例句：
What is your pleasureô
你的喜好是什么

v.（動詞）
pleas.ured,pleas.ur.ing,pleas.ures
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify:
使快樂：給予快樂或享受；使?jié)M足：
例句：
Our host pleasured us with his company.
有我們的主人作陪使我們高興

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To take pleasure; delight:
享受，歡喜：獲得快樂；喜愛：
例句：
The hiker paused, pleasuring in the sounds of the forest.
旅行者停下腳步享受森林美妙的聲音

To go in search of pleasure or enjoyment.
尋歡作樂：追求歡樂或享受

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French plaisir
源自 古法語 plaisir
from plaisir [to please] * see please
源自 plaisir [使高興] *參見 please

【引伸】
pleas.ureless
adj.（形容詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>pleasure,enjoyment,delight,delectation,joyThese nouns denote a pleasant feeling, as of happiness or personal satisfaction, evoked by something that is to one`s liking.
這些名詞表示高興的感覺，如由某人喜愛的東西而引起的快樂或個人的滿足。
Pleasure is the least specific:
Pleasure 是最不具體的：
例句：
.One of the greatest pleasures of life is conversation. (Sydney Smith).
.生活中最大的樂事之一就是交談. （悉尼·史密斯）。

例句：
.Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness. (Alan Jay Lerner).
.沒有歡樂的高興就象沒有溫柔的激情一樣空洞. （阿倫·杰伊·勒納）。

Enjoyment suggests pleasure, often abiding pleasure, arising from something gratifying or beneficial:
Enjoyment 意為由令人滿足或有利的東西引起的經常是持久的高興：
例句：
Books are her major source of enjoyment.
書籍是她快樂的主要源泉。

例句：
.Was it [ornament] done with enjoyment—was the carver happy while he was about itô. (John Ruskin).
. 是帶著快樂完成的嗎——雕刻工在做工的時候快樂嗎ô. （約翰·拉斯金）。

Delight anddelectation imply keen but sometimes transitory pleasure:
Delight 和delectation 意為強烈的但有時是短暫的高興：
例句：
.There is delight in singing. (Walter Savage Landor).
.歌聲中體現出一些愉快. （沃爾特·薩維奇·蘭道）。

例句：
.Certified ‘masterpieces’ by dead composers, manipulated by charismatic star performers for the delectation of an increasingly passive and uninquisitive audience. (Will Crutchfield).
.由已故作曲家所作的被證明的‘杰作’，由具有超凡魅力的明星演奏家為迎合越來越消極及缺乏好奇心的觀眾的歡樂而演奏. （威爾·克拉奇菲爾德）。

Joy suggests an intense and especially an ecstatic or exultant state;the word is often associated with sharing, self-realization, or high-mindedness:
Joy 暗示強烈的尤其是欣喜若狂或狂喜的狀態(tài)；這個單詞經常與分享、自我實現或品格高尚相關聯(lián)：
例句：
.The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable. (John Cheever).
.從我們剛剛愛上的一群人中得到的深深的快樂是無法隱藏的. （約翰·奇弗）。

例句：
.The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
.快樂的標準與義務的法則對我來說是同一件事. （小奧利弗·溫德爾·霍姆斯）