| 单词 | pleasure |
| 释义 | pleasurepleasure /ˈplɛʒɚ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1[uncountable] the feeling of happiness, satisfaction, or enjoyment that you get from an experience SYN enjoyment: with pleasure She sipped her wine with obvious pleasure.for pleasure I don’t get much opportunity to read for pleasure these days. The music gave her great pleasure. He seems to take pleasure in proving other people wrong.2[countable] an activity or experience that you enjoy very much: Dinner with friends is one of the simple pleasures of life. Sleeping on the soft, warm sand was a pleasure.be a pleasure to read/watch etc. Carol was a pleasure to work with.3spoken used in some phrases to be polite and show that you are happy to meet someone, do something, ask for something, etc.: It’s a pleasure to finally meet you, Ken. “Give the kids a hug for me.” “With pleasure.” “Thanks for coming.” “My pleasure.” It gives me great pleasure to announce the winner. We had the pleasure of being introduced to the president.4at somebody’s pleasure/at the pleasure of somebody used to say that someone has a particular job because someone in authority has given him or her that job: Most commissioners serve at the pleasure of the mayor.5at your pleasure formal if you can do something at your pleasure, you can do it when you want to and in the way you want to6what’s your pleasure? old-fashioned used to ask someone what he or she wants, especially drinksCOLLOCATIONSverbstake pleasure in (doing) something He takes great pleasure in bragging about his big salary.get pleasure from something (also get pleasure out of something) Young children get a lot of pleasure from dressing up.derive pleasure from something formal (=get pleasure from it) I derive great pleasure from playing chess.find pleasure in (doing) something I find great pleasure in reading.give (somebody) pleasure Over the years, painting has given me a lot of pleasure.bring pleasure to somebody (=give someone pleasure) His singing has brought pleasure to millions.adjectivesgreat/enormous/immense pleasure Steinbeck’s books have brought enormous pleasure to many people.sheer/pure pleasure He studied ancient languages for the sheer pleasure of learning.real/genuine pleasure She smiled with genuine pleasure.pleasure + nounsa pleasure trip (=a trip you take for fun, not business or other reasons) The school discourages parents from taking their children out of school for a pleasure trip. |
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