单词 | please |
释义 | please I. intransitive verb 1. < the chief object of a play should be to please and entertain > 2. < the fundamental American right to think as you please and say as you think — Archibald MacLeish > < an able man licensed by the times to do pretty much as he pleased — J.H.Hanford > 3. archaic < stranger, please to taste these bounties — John Milton > < will you please to enter the carriage — Charles Dickens > transitive verb 1. < pleased them by his hard work, his calm common sense — Beverly Smith > 2. 3. < many boys, please God, will make the venture — J.H.Wilson > < may it please your Majesty > 4. archaic Scotland 5. < please yourself as to whether you go > < pleased himself by administering justice impatiently — R.A.Billington > < finding that the sources themselves were far from uniform, I have sometimes pleased myself — McGeorge Bundy > Synonyms: < pleased by the suggestion > < a guest pleased by the reception given him > < pleased by his son's choice of profession > gratify may suggest stronger although perhaps less long-lived satisfaction at or as if at some particular action or occasion < it gratified him to hear these gentlemen admire his fine stock — Willa Cather > < the notice … taken of her from the outset had gratified her — Robert Grant †1940 > < wished to gratify his son by these eulogies — George Meredith > delight applies to pleasing to the point of keenly felt and often vividly expressed intense transporting pleasure < a dinner party satisfying the highest standard of hospitality, namely, that every guest be seated between persons certain to delight him and sure to kindle his affection — Alan Gregg > < the emergency ferry established there so delighted the handsome young actor that he spent the whole first day of the ferry service riding back and forth — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > rejoice may suggest a joy marked by enthusiastic or festive happiness < of even deeper happiness springing from the stirring of those faculties through which man rejoices in knowledge — H.O.Taylor > gladden suggests bringing happiness that encourages or alleviates grief, dubiousness, or gloom < the comrades of the dead girl assemble in the temple on certain days to gladden her spirit with songs and dances — Lafcadio Hearn > < the springs which are under the earth and which break forth to refresh and gladden the life of flowers and the life of man — Laurence Binyon > exhilarate indicates a raising to a high pitch of joy, happiness, triumph, or euphoria, with all gloom or worry dispelled < realization affects people in one of two ways. It depresses them when they think how puny Man is against the Universe — or it exhilarates them when they consider his courage in attempting to conquer it — A.C.Clarke > < likely to brag a bit when exhilarated — S.H.Adams > tickle may suggest a pleasure physical sensation, one of tingling, thrilling, provoking laughs or chuckles or a comparable mental feeling < the idea of himself as a parson tickles him: he looks down at the black sleeve on his arm, and then smiles slyly — G.B.Shaw > < so tickled he'd have wagged a tail if he'd had one — F.B.Gipson > titillate indicates pleasing and also interesting or intriguing < titillated with something novel, flamboyant and sensational — C.E.Montague > < all this titillates our nerves: we think it exquisite, perfect — Irving Babbit > arride, now little used, may apply to what pleases, amuses, and calls forth laughter < merry jests such as used to arride our ancestors — William Hardman > regale suggests the large-scale entertainment or enjoyment of copious feasting < farmer's wives regale the workers with brandied cakes and scuppernong grape pies — American Guide Series: North Carolina > • - if you please II. 1. — used as a function word to express politeness or emphasis in a request < any millionaires … will please skip the next few pages — Richard Joseph > < open the door, please > 2. — used as a function word to express polite affirmation < would you like a martini? Please > |
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