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Delectation is enjoyment, pleasure, or amusement — the feeling of being delighted. You almost never hear it as a bare noun in ordinary talk. The living use is the phrase for someone's delectation: you do the thing so that person can enjoy it. A cook might plate a pudding for the guests' delectation; a host might put on music for your delectation. The word is old and rather grand, so when people use it now it often has a small smile in it, as if they are playing at being formal. You would not say it when you mean everyday fun; you would say enjoyment, pleasure, or a good time. Though actually, that slightly theatrical tone is the point: it names pleasure as a gift laid on for someone.
享受、樂趣(偏書面;多見於 for sb's delectation)
組成Built as delect + -ation (or delectate + -ion). From Old French delectation (“enjoyment”), from Latin dēlectātiō, from the verb dēlectō (“to delight, charm, please”). That verb is a frequentative of dēliciō, from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure”).
同家族的字
- delightsame Latin verb dēlectō, “to please”
- delicioussame old Latin family of pleasure and allure
- delectablesame Latin dēlectō: pleasing to enjoy, especially food
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
delectationnoun/ˌdiːlɛkˈteɪʃən/
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Great pleasure; delight.
- Do not let us men despise these instincts because we cannot feel them. These women were made for our comfort and delectation, gentlemen,—with all the rest of the minor animals.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。