English Dictionary

enjoyment

/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪmənt/

noun

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything. / (uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind. / (countable) An activity that gives pleasure. / (law) The exercise of a legal right.

I find great enjoyment in reading books.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.

Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company.

意味（2）

(uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.

All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which must be fruitful in other consequences besides those particular acts.

意味（3）

(countable) An activity that gives pleasure.

Is it, haply, an idle occupation, or is the time ill-spent that is spent in roaming the world in quest, not of its enjoyments, but of those arduous toils whereby the good mount upwards to the abodes of everlasting life?

意味（4）

(law) The exercise of a legal right.