noun
1 enjoyment
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , deep , enormous , great , intense
▪
It gives me enormous ~ to welcome my next guest.
▪ genuine , real
▪ pure , sheer
▪ quiet
▪
The audience nodded with quiet ~ at her remark.
▪ obvious
▪ endless
▪
Children find endless ~ in playing with water.
▪ malicious , perverse , sadistic
▪ personal
▪
She takes personal ~ in tormenting her students.
▪ vicarious
▪
He gained vicarious ~ from watching people laughing and joking.
▪ aesthetic , physical , sensual , sexual
VERB + PLEASURE
▪ bring (sb) , give (sb) , provide
▪ derive , find , gain , get , take
▪
My grandfather got immense ~ out of life until the end.
▪ experience , feel
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
Some people read for ~, and others read to study.
▪ with ~
▪
His eyes lit up with ~.
▪ ~ at
▪
He beamed with ~ at seeing her.
▪ ~ from
▪
She was deriving a perverse ~ from his discomfort.
▪ ~ in
▪
They took great ~ in each other's company.
PHRASES
▪ business and ~ , business or ~ , etc.
▪
I often meet useful people at parties, so I combine business with ~.
▪
Are you in Chicago for business or ~?
▪ for your listening, reading, viewing, etc. ~
▪
The photographs are now available for your viewing ~.
▪ have the ~ of sth
▪
May I have the ~ of the next dance?
▪ ~ and pain
▪
These memories bring both ~ and pain.
2 sth that makes you happy
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ dubious
▪
the dubious ~ of growing up in the public eye
▪ little , simple , small
▪
one of life's little ~s
▪ fleeting , momentary , temporary
▪ guilty
▪
Daytime TV is one of his guilty ~s.
VERB + PLEASURE
▪ have ( formal )
▪
I hope to have the ~ of meeting you again.
▪ enjoy
▪ forgo
PLEASURE + NOUN
▪ boat , craft
▪ cruise
PHRASES
▪ the ~s of life
▪
She enjoys the simple ~s of life.
▪ the ~s of the flesh
▪
Priests promise to forego the ~s of the flesh.
▪ To what do I owe the ~? (= why are you visiting me?) ( formal , old-fashioned )