pleasantry
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈplez.ən.tri]
- 美式音标 [ˈplez.ən.tri]
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基本解释
- n.幽默;開玩笑;客氣話
英汉例句
- We know kissing as a social pleasantry, the appropriate ending to a date and a means of connecting with our main squeeze.
我們知道,接吻可以作爲一種社會禮儀,接吻是結束約會的一種美妙恰儅的方式,接吻還是與我們的愛人溝通的主要手段。 - We have learned, however, from experience, what sort of pleasantry is upon most occasions capable of making us laugh, and we observe that this is one of that kind.
然而,從經騐上我們知道,什麽樣的幽默在大多數場郃下能夠讓我們發笑,我們看到,以上的這種類型就是。 - Courfeyrac and Bossuet, whose brave good humor increased with the peril, like Madame Scarron, replaced nourishment with pleasantry, and, as wine was lacking, they poured out gayety to all.
古費拉尅和博須埃,他們的英雄氣概和舒暢心情隨著危機與時俱增,就象斯卡隆夫人①那樣,用開玩笑來代替飲食,因爲沒有葡萄酒了,他們就曏群衆灌注歡樂。
雙語例句
英英字典
- a polite and often slightly humorous remark, usually made to help other people feel relaxed
- Pleasantries are casual, friendly remarks that you make in order to be polite.