1.pleasure n. 愉快，快乐

普通用词，指某种事物带来的愉悦感或满足感。~ (in sth/in doing sth) | ~ (of sth/of doing sth)

Everybody takes pleasure in eating

每个人都从吃中得到满足感。

Nina took a kind of dark pleasure in being the focus of the tension between her father and her brother.

对成了父亲和哥哥紧张关系的焦点，尼娜有点幸灾乐祸。

We should work hard to cultivate in young people the revolutionary style of learning diligently and taking pleasure in helping others.

我们要在青少年中大力提倡勤奋学习助人为乐的革命风尚。

The children used to get a lot of pleasure out of the hide-and-seek game.

孩子们曾从捉迷藏游戏中得到过很多快乐。

Jin Yong's works have given great pleasure to fans of kung fu novels.

金庸的作品给武侠小说迷们带来了极大的乐趣。

Her work has given pleasure to millions of readers.

她的著作给数百万读者带来了欢乐。

He takes no pleasure in his work.

他从他的工作中得不到丝毫乐趣。

He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she had said.

他幸灾乐祸地告诉我她说的那些话。

She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.

她让父母担惊受怕，从中取得任性的快乐。

I find no pleasure in seeing people make asses of themselves.

我看见人们出洋相并不幸灾乐祸。

Watching sport gave him great pleasure.

观看体育比赛给他以极大的愉悦。

She had the pleasure of seeing him look surprised.

看他好像吃了一惊，她感到开心。

He thanked them for the pleasure of their company and took his leave.

他感谢他们的愉快陪伴，然后道别走了。

It gives me great pleasure to introduce our guest speaker.

我很荣幸来介绍我们的特约演讲人。

The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure.

这次聚会结果成了一次耐力测试，而不是一件乐事。

It is a pleasure to welcome you to our home.

很高兴欢迎您光临舍下。

It's been a pleasure to do business with you.

和你做买卖很愉快。

2.delight n. 快乐，高兴

指某事物或某人带来的欣喜、愉悦之感，语气强于 pleasure。

Haig took obvious delight in proving his critics wrong.

黑格显然以证明他的批评者是错误的为乐。

He takes delight in proving others wrong.

他以证实别人出错为快事。

They clearly take a perverted delight in watching others suffer.

他们在看别人受罪时显然得到一种病态的快感。

delight in sth/doing sth

以…为乐（尤指做使别人感到尴尬、不舒服的事）

Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story.

一代又一代的成年人和儿童都很喜欢这个故事。

That child ran towards his parents with a cry of delight.

那孩子欢呼着跑向父母。

To her delight, her boyfriend came back right before Christmas.

让她高兴的是，她男朋友刚好在圣诞节之前回来了。

She clapped her hands in delight.

她高兴地拍起手来。

She was delighted at the result.

对这个结果她感到高兴。

She was delighted to finish second.

她为竞赛得了第二名而高兴。

I'm delighted at/by your news.

听到你的消息我非常高兴。

I was delighted with my presents.

我对我收到的礼物很满意。

He delighted in sharing his love of birds with children.

他喜欢与孩子们分享他对鸟类的热爱。

I know Frank will be delighted to see you

我知道弗兰克见到你会很高兴的。

3.enjoyment n. 愉快，乐趣

指客观事物给人带来的乐趣，语气较轻。

Singing has brought her enormous enjoyment.

唱歌给她带来了极大的快乐。

I get a lot of enjoyment from music.

我从音乐中获得很多乐趣。

Animals weren't put on this planet for enjoyment.

动物不是为了人类的享受而生活在地球上的。

His sense of duty often stood between him and the enjoyment of life.

他的责任感经常让他无法好好享受生活。

The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance

这种新型的徒步旅行假日重在愉悦身心，而不是为了锻炼耐力。

Don't let them spoil our enjoyment.

不要让他们破坏我们的兴致。

He transmitted his keen enjoyment of singing to the audience.

他把自己对演唱的激情投入传递给了观众。

He spoiled my enjoyment of the game by talking all through it.

他一直在讲话，破坏了我看比赛的兴致。

I apologise if your enjoyment of the movie was spoiled.

如果破坏了你看电影的兴致，我道歉。

The rules are there to ensure everyone's safety and enjoyment.

这些规定是为了保证每个人的安全和快乐。

Children seem to have lost their enjoyment in reading.

孩子们似乎已失去阅读的乐趣。

I get a lot of enjoyment from my grandchildren.

我从孙子孙女们那儿得到很多乐趣。

Children like to share interests and enjoyments with their parents.

孩子们喜欢同父母一起分享各种兴趣和乐事。

4.joy n. 愉快，喜悦

指比较强烈的欢乐情绪，语气弱于 rapture 而强于 pleasure。

It was a joy to see her looking so well.

看到她气色这么好真叫人高兴。

There was unrestrained joy on the faces of the people

人们的脸上洋溢着无尽的欢乐。

She brought joy to countless people through her music

她用音乐给无数的人带来欢乐。

To her surprise and joy, she received an invitation to that party.

她收到了赴宴的邀请，这让她又惊又喜。

She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.

她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。

Her three children brought her joy.

她的3个孩子给她带来了快乐。

The team's victory produced scenes of joy all over the country.

球队的胜利使举国上下出现一派欢乐的场面。

On hearing the news, they jumped for joy.

得知这一消息之后，他们高兴得跳了起来。

To his great joy, she accepted.

使他感到非常高兴的是她接受了。

Salter shouted with joy.

索尔特欣喜地叫喊着。

At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other

起初人们几乎是喜极而泣，并互相拥抱。

He wept for joy.

他高兴得流泪了。

He jumped for joy on being told the news.

得知这个消息，他高兴得手舞足蹈。

I didn't expect them to jump for joy at the news.

没想到他们听到这消息高兴得跳了起来。

They were able to share their common joys and griefs.

他们做到了同甘共苦。

She felt she had run the gamut of human emotions from joy to despair.

她感到自己尝遍了从喜到悲的人类的一切情感。

5.rapture n. [文] 狂喜

语气最强，指欢天喜地、欣喜若狂。

The kids gazed up at her in rapture.

孩子们抬起头，欣喜若狂地看着她。

They will be in raptures over England's victory.

他们会对英格兰的胜利感到欣喜若狂。

Charles listened with rapture to her singing.

查尔斯兴致勃勃地听她演唱。

The children gazed at her in rapture.

孩子们欣喜若狂地看着她。

Davies goes into raptures over the brilliantly coloured paintwork

戴维斯深深喜欢上了那幅色彩绚丽的油画作品。

The critics went into raptures about her performance.

评论家们对她的表演赞不绝口。

The last minute goal sent the fans into raptures.

最后一刻的进球使得球迷们欣喜若狂。

His goal sent the crowd into raptures.

他的进球使观众们欣喜若狂。