| 单词 | pleasure |
| 释义 | pleasure (once / 42 pages) 1n 2n Pleasure is a general term for good feelings. People get pleasure from eating, sleeping, watching TV, or anything else they enjoy. Pleasure is the opposite of pain. Pain feels bad, but pleasure feels good. People talk about sexual pleasure, but that's just one kind. People get pleasure from delicious foods, great movies, beautiful music, and all sorts of other things. Something as small as a comfortable chair and something as big as your candidate being elected President can bring pleasure. If you had a good time hosting your friends for lunch, you can tell them "It was a pleasure." WORD FAMILYpleasure: pleasurable, pleasures+/displease: displeased, displeases, displeasing, displeasure/displeased: displeasedly/displeasing: displeasingly/displeasure: displeasures/pleasance: pleasances/pleasant: pleasance, pleasanter, pleasantest, pleasantly, pleasantness, unpleasant/pleasantness: pleasantnesses/please: displease, pleasant, pleased, pleaseed, pleaser, pleases, pleasing, pleasure/pleased: pleaseder, pleasedly/pleaser: pleasers/pleasing: pleasinger, pleasingly, pleasingness, pleasings, unpleasing/pleasurable: pleasurablest, pleasurably/unpleasant: unpleasanter, unpleasantest, unpleasantly, unpleasantness/unpleasantness: unpleasantnesses/unpleasing: unpleasingly, unpleasingness USAGE EXAMPLESI’ll keep the details vague; anyone inclined to seek out this movie’s dread-soaked pleasures may as well take their poison straight. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) A word of warning: This is not exactly a pleasure cruise. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) I’ve smoked hastily, and other times slowly and with pleasure. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n something or someone that provides a source of happiness the pleasure of his company Syn|Hyper delight, joy positive stimulus a stimulus with desirable consequences 2n an activity that affords enjoyment he puts duty before pleasure Hypo|Hyper luxuriation an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment activity any specific behavior 3n a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience he was tingling with pleasure Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper pleasance pain, painfulness emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid delectation, delight a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction enjoymentthe pleasure felt when having a good time pleasantnessthe feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling comforta feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment sexual pleasurepleasure derived from sexual activities entrancement, ravishmenta feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment amusementa feeling of delight at being entertained Schadenfreudedelight in another person's misfortune joie de vivrea keen enjoyment of living gusto, relish, zest, zestfulnessvigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment afterglowthe pleasure of remembering some pleasant event consolation, solace, solacementthe comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment alleviation, assuagement, reliefthe feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced algolagnia, algophiliasexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain sadismsexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others masochismsexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 4n sexual gratification 2he took his pleasure of her Hyper sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice activities associated with sexual intercourse n a formal expression he serves at the pleasure of the President Hyper choice, pick, selection the person or thing chosen or selected |
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