| 单词 | pleasant |
| 释义 | pleasant (once / 51 pages) adj Something pleasant is nice or enjoyable. Usually, a picnic in the park is considered a pleasant activity. Pleasant is a word for things that are pleasing: ice cream is considered pleasant by most people. A second meaning refers to a person who is polite or agreeable. People who have good manners, give compliments, smile often are considered more pleasant than someone who screams and curses all the time. This word is often used for weather: clear skies and warm temperatures are signs of pleasant weather. Still, different weather (and other things) will be pleasant to different people. WORD FAMILYpleasant: pleasance, pleasanter, pleasantest, pleasantly, pleasantness, unpleasant+/displease: displeased, displeases, displeasing, displeasure/displeased: displeasedly/displeasing: displeasingly/displeasure: displeasures/pleasance: pleasances/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/pleasure: pleasurable, pleasures/unpleasant: unpleasanter, unpleasantest, unpleasantly, unpleasantness/unpleasantness: unpleasantnesses/unpleasing: unpleasingly, unpleasingness USAGE EXAMPLESTemperatures are in the pleasant low 70s, under partly cloudy skies. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) “It was a pleasant surprise,” said Victoria Eisenberg, who seemed to express the reaction of many. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The bland, mouth-coating sensation of the powdered beans with which they are dusted is pleasant, but not compelling. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings we had a pleasant evening together a pleasant scene pleasant sensations Syn|Ant good-natured having an easygoing and cheerful disposition nicepleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance beautiful(of weather) highly enjoyable dulcetextremely pleasant in a gentle way enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurableaffording satisfaction or pleasure gratefulaffording comfort or pleasure idyllicsuggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene pleasinggiving pleasure and satisfaction unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ill-naturedhaving an irritable and unpleasant disposition awful, nastyoffensive or even (of persons) malicious offensiveunpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses unpalatablenot pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolicharsh or corrosive in tone beastly, god-awful, hellishvery unpleasant dour, forbidding, grimharshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance dreadfulvery unpleasant embarrassing, mortifyingcausing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation harsh, roughunpleasantly stern harshdisagreeable to the senses hotvery unpleasant or even dangerous afflictive, painful, sorecausing misery or pain or distress rebarbative, repellant, repellentserving or tending to repel sharp, sharp-worded, tartharsh ungratefuldisagreeable unhappycausing discomfort displeasingcausing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities 2adj (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around Syn nice pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance |
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