mindmap root((愉快)) pleasure stresses a feeling of satisfaction or gratification rather than visible happiness: take ~ in one's possessions. delight usually reverses this emphasis and stresses lively expression of obvious satisfaction: the ~ of grandparents in a new grandchild. joy may imply a more deep-rooted rapturous emotion than either pleasure or delight: felt a profound ~ at the sight. delectation suggests amusement, diversion, or entertainment in relation to pleasurable experience: presented a variety of skits for their ~. enjoyment stresses a gratification or happiness resulting from a pleasurable experience: derived great ~ from her books and her music.