rapture

单词辨析:

pleasure delight enjoyment joy rapture 【导航词义:愉快,快乐】
pleasure n. 愉快,快乐
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指某种事物带来的愉悦感或满足感。

〔例证〕

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。

delight n. 快乐,高兴
〔辨析〕

指某事物或某人带来的欣喜、愉悦之感,语气强于 pleasure。

〔例证〕

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。

enjoyment n. 愉快,乐趣
〔辨析〕

指客观事物给人带来的乐趣,语气较轻。

〔例证〕

Singing has brought her enormous enjoyment.

唱歌给她带来了极大的快乐。

Don't let them spoil our enjoyment.

不要让他们破坏我们的兴致。

joy n. 愉快,喜悦
〔辨析〕

指比较强烈的欢乐情绪,语气弱于 rapture 而强于 pleasure。

〔例证〕

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。

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。

rapture n. [文]狂喜
〔辨析〕

语气最强,指欢天喜地、欣喜若狂。

〔例证〕

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。

相关例句:

I stare in rapture at the ball

我欣喜若狂地盯着球。

In the midst of his rapture, he was interrupted by his father.

他正欢天喜地,被他父亲打断了。

But rapture was glowing in my soul and it overcame my terror.

但我内心里的狂喜,压过了我的恐惧。

Nor can we pretend to describe the rapture with which Mr. Harding was received by his daughter.

我们也无法妄图来描写哈丁先生的女儿接待哈丁先生时的那份欣喜。

Intoxicated by the awe and rapture in that "oh!" he went on, whispering.

陶醉于这一声“啊!”所包含的敬畏和狂喜,他低声地继续说。

In rapture some little boys and girls were listening to an interesting story.

一些男孩和女孩正非常高兴地听一个有趣的故事。