pleasure的意思|pleasure的解释-里氏词典

pleasure ['pleʒә]

n. 快乐, 愉快, 令人高兴的事, 娱乐, 希望

vt. (使)高兴

vi. (使)高兴

pleasure

[ noun ]

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

<noun.feeling>

he was tingling with pleasure

something or someone that provides a source of happiness

<noun.cognition>

a joy to behold

the pleasure of his company

the new car is a delight

a formal expression

<noun.cognition>

he serves at the pleasure of the President

an activity that affords enjoyment

<noun.act>

he puts duty before pleasure

sexual gratification

<noun.act>

he took his pleasure of her

Pleasure \Pleas"ure\, n. [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive.
See {Please}.]
1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable
sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or
happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of
something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to
{pain}, {sorrow}, etc.

At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
--Ps. xvi. 11.

2. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or
dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; --
opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. ``Not
sunk in carnal pleasure.'' --Milton.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. --Prov.
xxi. 17.

Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. --2
Tim. iii. 4.

3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or
satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. ``He will
do his pleasure on Babylon.'' --Isa. xlviii. 14.

Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you
to come, let not my letter. --Shak.

4. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. --Shak.

Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure --Acts
xxv. 9.

{At pleasure}, by arbitrary will or choice. --Dryden.

{To take pleasure in}, to have enjoyment in. --Ps. cxlvii.
11.

Note: Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure
ground; pleasure house, etc.

Syn: Enjoyment; gratification; satisfaction; comfort; solace;
joy; gladness; delight; will; choice; preference;
purpose; command; favor; kindness.

Pleasure \Pleas"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleasured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pleasuring}.]
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. --Shak.

[Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith. --Tennyson.

Pleasure \Pleas"ure\, v. i.
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go
pleasuring.

"I could have invested in an office block but I shall get much more pleasure out of this," the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party said Sunday.
"The baby boomers are in the right age bracket to buy pleasure boats," he said.
One group decided to build a pleasure palace for the ski set in the Rockies.
Commenting on Friday's nomination, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in a statement, "I have had the pleasure of working closely with David Mullins over the past year.
Noriega's three large pleasure yachts are called "the Macho I, Macho II and Macho III," Eagleburger said.
Crosslee has a reputation as a factory offering secure employment for those who can take the pace. After years in a multinational, joint managing directors Mr Ross and Mr Clee take pleasure in running a lean organisation.
Though there is very little here that should be dignified by the name of dance, that little has a sweep, an attack and a pleasure in precisely controlled energy that are all welcome. But so what?
The Coast Guard used two helicopters, an air boat, ice skiffs and private pleasure boats to rescue 175 people stranded on a slab of ice in Lake Erie after it broke free from shore.
After that endlessly sobering experience, it's a pleasure to indulge in a smart little piece of froth like Woody Allen's "Alice."
There is hardly a single sheet here, no matter how slight, that is not a pleasure to look at.
Also today, an appeal fund was launched to help those affected by the accident, in which a barge rammed the pleasure boat.
The party congress will be the 13th since a ragtag group of 12 leftist intellectuals, moving their meeting place to a pleasure boat to avoid the police, met in Shanghai in 1921.
"We find no pleasure in imposing sanctions.
I have plenty of reservations about Lynne Parker's new staging at the Almeida, but I take it that the full-throated approval of the first-night audience denotes pleasure in the play itself.
"It's a pleasure to be here.
In addition to the tug, two Greek navy vessels, coast guard patrol boats, a passenger ferry and several pleasure craft picked up survivors, Merchant Marine Ministry officials said.
It was the kind of sweet noise Norman Corwin has taken pleasure and pride in provoking for five decades.
It must be properly done with good walls, a tank and proper pipe work, but I think it is well worth it. 'We used mature plants in order to give us instant pleasure.
He will simply leave his corrupt cronies in place to keep the drugs and money flowing, while he serves his time in some pleasure spot.
Is it surprising, then, that in our time there is so little restraint on behavior, that our streets are not safe to walk upon, or that we plunder nature for present pleasure with so little thought of what we do tomorrow?
It was no less a pleasure to see the authority and distinction of manner of Bryony Brind and Mark Silver. Here is a perfect example of how ballet of real worth may be made available for the smallest stage.
An additional pleasure is that it might be equally about the British and Suez Canal: several lines suggest that the analogy is deliberate.
They were flown Wednesday to Dusseldorf, West Germany, cutting short their pleasure cruise to the land of the midnight sun.
And kerosene lamps for light, that is also a pleasure.
"Litigation is very adversarial and aggressive," says Pollak, who comes home exhausted from his 60-hour work weeks. "Teaching people how to prepare a gourmet meal or an afternoon tea gives me pleasure.
I would guess that even those of us who are not turned on by the thought of being choked with a dog lead or submitting to a good whipping do not wish to be given guidelines on permissible pleasure - in, or out, of the theatre.
This is where the taste for gold taps comes from. It is why Donald Trump sends out morocco-bound invitations to his latest pleasure palace.
What an utter pleasure to drive such a well-designed, well-built car.
Delta Air Lines puts prospective flight attendants through simulated passenger contacts to gauge if they have "a kind of warmth, a kind of pleasure to have the passengers on board," says Dennis Schmidt, assistant vice president for training and security.
Conventional retailers will have to work harder to make shopping a pleasure - or their customers will use the superhighway in preference to physical shops. Most of Mr Temple's attention, however, is directed towards more immediate issues.

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