「～を楽しむ」

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語義
1: to take pleasure in; experience with joy.

【現在】

[enjoy + 名詞]
・I always enjoy his company. --(B)
・I sometimes enjoy a pint of ale. --(N)
・We enjoy the many different colors of the tulips planted in the park. --(L)
・He enjoys music. --(N)
・He enjoys foreign wines. --(L)
・She enjoys a game of cards. --(L)
・She enjoys light reading. --(L)
・She enjoys popular music. --(L)
・She enjoys the society of the opposite sex. --(L)
・She enjoys the solitude of her cabin in the hills. --(L)
・They enjoy outdoor games. --(L)
・The children always enjoy the clowns in the circus. --(L)
・Campers enjoy the outdoors. --(N)

[enjoy + <do>ing]
・I enjoy going to the movies. --(B)
・I enjoy walking from the train to school. --(R)
・I enjoy watching TV in the evenings. --(O)
・I don't enjoy vacationing in a country where I don't speak or understand the language. --(B)
・We enjoy playing sports, such as golf and tennis. --(N)
・We enjoy eating chicken in aspic in the summer. --(N)
・He enjoys walking for exercise. --(L)
・Americans enjoy watching football on TV. --(B)
・Before they get teeth, babies enjoy eating applesauce. --(N)

【過去】

[enjoy + 名詞]
・I enjoyed the conversation we had this afternoon. --(L)
・We enjoyed her sly humor. --(L)
・We enjoyed the wedding feast. --(L)
・We enjoyed the interesting displays at the fair. --(L)
・We greatly enjoyed the party. --(B)
・We especially enjoyed the third act of the play. --(N)
・We didn't enjoy the game at all. --(B)
・Did you enjoy the flower show? --(L)
・Did you enjoy the movie you saw last night? --(L)
・Did you enjoy the film on TV last night? --(B)
・Did you enjoy the performance of "Hamlet"? --(B)
・Have you enjoyed your vacation so far? --(B)
・He enjoyed a bedtime snack. --(L)
・He enjoyed his vacation to the full. --(L)
・He enjoyed home life after living in a hotel. --(L)
・She enjoyed her vacation. --(L)
・She enjoyed the tranquil country life. --(L)
・She didn't enjoy the trip because she was seasick all the time. --(B)
・They enjoyed a leisurely walk. --(L)
・They enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. --(L)
・They enjoyed the tender steak. --(L)
・They enjoyed the mildness of the weather in England. --(B)
・The girl enjoyed the compliment. --(L)
・The actor enjoyed the adulation of his audience. --(N)
・The audience enjoyed the new opera. --(R)
・The whole family enjoyed the picture we saw last night. --(L)
・When he asked them if they had enjoyed the book, they all answered "no". --(B)
・Donald hoped that his guests would enjoy the party. --(O)

[enjoy + <do>ing]
・We enjoyed watching the folk dances. --(L)
・He enjoyed playing the fool. --(L)
・He enjoyed reading the legends about immortal heroes. --(L)
・She enjoyed following the rhythm of the seasons. --(L)
・She enjoyed going to the mall to window-shop. --(L)
・She enjoyed reading romances. --(L)
・She enjoyed watching the landscape as it changed from season to season. --(L)
・They enjoyed resting in the shade of the elm tree. --(L)
・The children enjoyed seeing the trained animals at the circus. --(L)
・The children enjoyed watching the tall man perform magic. --(L)
・Everyone enjoyed watching the professionals play ball. --(L)

語義
2: to have the benefit of; have and use with satisfaction.

用例
・A citizen of a country enjoys certain rights and has certain obligations to it. --(L)　
・Today, we enjoy many comforts that people did not have in the past [cars, air conditioning, microwave ovens]. --(N)
・They enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living. --(R)
・She enjoys good health; she is very healthy. --(N)
・Parks are communal property for all the people to enjoy. --(N)       
・She enjoyed the fellowship of living in a dormitory. --(L)
・Throughout her life, Mary always enjoyed good health. --(A)
・I have enjoyed my fulfilling career in law. --(A)

語句
enjoy someone's company：= enjoy being with someone
a pint of ale：１パイントのエール《パイント＝１/ ８ガロン、エールはビールの一種》
solitude：孤独
clown：ピエロ、道化師
vacation：[動]～で休暇を過ごす
aspic：肉汁ゼリー《添え物または鳥肉・魚・卵などを包み固めて前菜として用いる》
applesauce：リンゴソース《リンゴをきざんで甘く煮たもの》
sly humor：茶目っ気たっぷりのユーモア
wedding feast：結婚披露宴
fair：品評会、博覧会
tranquil：穏やかな、平穏な
hustle and bustle：雑踏
tender steak：柔らかいステーキ
compliment：賛辞、ほめ言葉、お世辞、賛美、表敬
adulation：（極端な）お世辞、賛美
play the fool：道化役をする
immortal：不死の、永遠の
elm tree：ニレの木
obligations：義務
comforts：生活を快適にする物（cars, air conditioning, microwave ovens など）
communal property：共同財産
fellowship：共同、特別奨学金給費生の地位
fulfilling：充実した、充足した

以上から、 "enjoy" は基本的に目的語をとります。目的語には①名詞または②動詞のingです。
語義の１には、"like" と交換可能なものがありますが、"like" は動詞のing または to不定詞を目的語にできますが、"enjoy" については動詞は "～ing" だけなので注意しましょう。
その他イディオムの "enjoy oneself" は前回の記事「楽しむ」を、目的語のない非常にカジュアルな表現 "Enjoy!" については前々回の記事「召し上がれ」を参照してください。

語義出典
RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S easy english dictionary (2001) --(R)
用例出典リスト
RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S easy english dictionary (2001) --(R)
NTC's AMERICAN ENGLISH LEARNER'S DICTIONARY (1998) --(A)
In Other Words (1997) --(O)
THE NEWBURY HOUSE Dictionary OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1996) --(N)
THE NEW HORIZON LADDER DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (1990) --(L)
Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage (1989) --(B)