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单词 pleasantry
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pleasantry

noun
/ˈplezntri/
/ˈplezntri/
[countable, usually plural, uncountable]
(plural pleasantries)
(formal)
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  1. a friendly remark made in order to be polite
    • After exchanging the usual pleasantries, they got down to serious discussion.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French plaisanterie, from Old French plaisant ‘pleasing’, from the verb plaisir, from Latin placere.
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