de·light
noun/dɪˈlaɪt/
/dɪˈlaɪt/
- [uncountable, singular] a feeling of great pleasure
狂喜；陶醉 - a feeling of sheer/pure delight
十分高兴的心情 - with delight The children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy.
孩子们看到小狗时高兴得大声尖叫。 - to the delight of somebody | to somebody's delight She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
这场比赛她赢得很轻松，令所有的崇拜者大为高兴。 - delight in doing something He takes (great) delight in (= enjoys) proving others wrong.
他以证明别人错误为（一大）快事。 - delight in something She took a simple delight in joys that we could all share.
她对我们大家可以分享的快乐感到简单的喜悦。 - delight at something She couldn't hide her delight at the news.
听到这个消息，她难掩喜悦。 - delight at doing something He expressed his delight at seeing us all again.
他表达了再一次见到我们所有人的喜悦之情。
Synonyms pleasurepleasuredelight ▪ joy ▪ privilege ▪ treat ▪ honourThese are all words for things that make you happy or that you enjoy.pleasure a thing that makes you happy or satisfied:- the pleasures and pains of everyday life
日常生活的苦与乐 - It’s been a pleasure meeting you.
很高兴认识您。
- the delights of living in the country
生活在乡村的乐趣
- the joys and sorrows of childhood
童年的欢乐和悲伤
- It was a great privilege to hear her sing.
听她唱歌真是三生有幸。
- You’ve never been to this area before? Then you’re in for a real treat.
你以前从来没有到过这一地区？那么你一定会喜之不尽。
- It was a great honour to be invited here today.
今天承蒙邀请到此，深感荣幸。
- the pleasures/delights/joys of something
- It’s a great pleasure/joy to me that…
- It’s a pleasure/delight/joy/privilege/treat/honour to do something
- It’s a pleasure/delight/joy to see/find…
- a pleasure/delight/joy to behold/watch
- a real pleasure/delight/joy/privilege/treat
- a great pleasure/joy/privilege/honour
- a rare joy/privilege/treat/honour
Extra Examples- His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing.
见到这么美好的东西，他内心充满了近乎审美愉悦的心情。 - I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic.
我从听车流噪声中找到一种怪异的乐趣。 - Much to the delight of the crowd, the band came back and did three encores.
使观众大为欣喜的是，乐队返回台上又演奏了 3 首。 - She gave a whoop of delight and dived into the water.
她高兴地大叫一声，扎进了水里。 - She took evident delight in frightening the children with horror stories.
很明显她以讲恐怖故事吓唬孩子为乐。 - The news was greeted with great delight.
人们听到这一消息时欣喜若狂。 - To my great delight, they offered me the job.
他们给了我这个工作，令我非常高兴。 - We danced around with childish delight.
我们像孩子一样高兴地满屋子跳舞。 - Flowering trees provide shade as well as visual delight.
开花树木在提供树荫的同时还给人带来视觉上的愉悦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- utter
- …
- express
- find
- take
- …
- in delight
- with delight
- of delight
- …
- a cry, gasp, squeal, etc. of delight
- much to somebody’s delight
- a feeling of sheer/pure delight
- [countable] something that gives you great pleasure
令人高兴的事；乐事；乐趣 - This guitar is a delight to play.
这吉他弹起来很惬意。 - Sample the culinary delights of Morocco.
品尝摩洛哥的美食。 - delight of doing something the delights of living in the country
生活在乡村的乐趣
Extra Examples- He became deeply religious and turned away from earthly delights.
他开始潜心信教，抛开一切尘世之乐。 - The baby was a constant delight and source of amazement.
这个婴儿不断给人带来喜悦和惊奇。 - The old lady's reminiscences were a continual delight to Constance.
这位老太太对往事的回忆总是为康斯坦丝带来快乐。 - It was a delight to see him so fit and healthy.
看到他这么健健康康的，真是高兴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- constant
- unexpected
- …
- explore
- sample
- enjoy
- …
- delight to
- This guitar is a delight to play.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th cent. by association with the verb light.