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    pleasure 对比 joy
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    • Pleasure】 , 【delight】 ,  【joy】 ,  【delectation】 ,  【enjoyment】 ,  【fruition】  denote the agreeable emotion which accompanies the possession, acquisition, or expectation of something good or greatly desired.

      Pleasure】 so strongly implies a feeling of satisfaction or gratification that it sometimes carries no implication of visible happiness or actual gladness.

      Often, however, the term suggests an excitement or exaltation of the senses or of the mind that implies positive happiness or gladness.

      Delight】  carries a stronger implication of liveliness, intensity, or obviousness in the satisfaction or gratification induced than  【pleasure】 and often suggests a less stable or enduring emotion.

      Joy】  is often used in place of  【pleasure】  and still more often in place of delight】 . It is, however, especially appropriate when a deep-rooted, rapturous emotion is implied or when the happiness is so great as to be almost painful in its intensity.

      Delectation】  and  【enjoyment】 differ in the main from the other words of this group in denoting the state of mind or the sensuous or emotional reactions of one who takes 【pleasure】 , 【delight】 , or 【joy】 in something.

      But  【delectation】 often carries a strong connotation of amusement, diversion, or entertainment that gives occasion for 【delight】 .

      Enjoyment】 , on the other hand, usually implies an attitude or a circumstance or a favorable response to a stimulus that tends to make one gratified or happy.

      Fruition】 has become increasingly rare in its earlier sense of 【pleasure】 in possession or of 【enjoyment】 in attainment. In extended use realization or fulfillment is stressed, though there is still some suggestion of accompanying 【pleasure】 .

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