[ADV 副词](表示有礼貌地请求或邀请)请,烦劳 You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something.
[ADV with cl]
[politeness]
Can you help us please?...
能请你帮帮我们吗?
Would you please open the door?...
请你开一下门好吗?
Please come in...
请进。
'May I sit here?' — 'Please do.'...
“我能坐这儿吗?”——“请坐。”
Can we have the bill please?
劳驾,买单。
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[ADV 副词](表示客气地接受)谢谢,行 You say please when you are accepting something politely.
[ADV with cl]
[formulae]
'Tea?' — 'Yes, please.'...
“要茶吗?”——“好的,谢谢。”
'You want an apple with your cheese?' — 'Please.'
“要不要加个苹果和奶酪一起吃?”——“行啊。”
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[CONVENTION 惯用语](表示要求对方停止做某事或别再开口)请别,请不必 You can say please to indicate that you want someone to stop doing something or stop speaking. You would say this if, for example, what they are doing or saying makes you angry or upset.
[feelings]
Please, Mary, this is all so unnecessary...
玛丽,请不要这样,这完全没必要。
Isabella. Please. I don't have time for this.
伊莎贝拉,别再说了,我没有时间听这个。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语](用于吸引对方注意、特别是儿童对老师或其他成人时)请问,对不起 You can say please in order to attract someone's attention politely. Children in particular say 'please ' to attract the attention of a teacher or other adult.
[politeness]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
Please sir, can we have some more?...
请问,先生,我们能再要一些吗?
Please, Miss Smith, a moment.
对不起,史密斯小姐,能耽误你一会儿吗?
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[VERB 动词]使高兴;使喜欢;使满意 If someone or something pleases you, they make you feel happy and satisfied.
[V n]
[V]
[it V n to-inf]
More than anything, I want to please you...
最重要的是,我想让你高兴。
Much of the food pleases rather than excites...
这些食物中许多只是让人满意,但并不让人兴奋。
It pleased him to talk to her.
能和她交谈让他很高兴。
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[PHRASE 短语]愿意;喜欢;认为合适 You use please in expressions such as as she pleases ,whatever you please, and anything he pleases to indicate that someone can do or have whatever they want.
[PHR after v]
Women should be free to dress and act as they please...
女性应该有穿衣和行动的自由。
He does whatever he pleases...
他想干什么就干什么。
Isabel can live where she pleases.
伊莎贝尔可以喜欢住哪儿就住哪儿。
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[PHRASE 短语](用于强调)极尽…,…的程度怎么说都不为过 You can use as you please in expressions such as bold as you please or casually as you please or charming as you please in order to emphasize what you are saying.
[adj/adv PHR]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
He walked by my table and, casually as you please, picked up my address book...
他走到我的桌旁,非常随意地拿起了我的通讯录。
Bold as you please, she grabbed me by the sleeve.
她真够大胆的,竟抓住了我的衣袖。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语](表示很有礼貌和正式地吸引对方注意或提出请求)对不起,烦请If you please is sometimes used as a very polite and formal way of attracting someone's attention or of asking them to do something.
[politeness]
Ladies and gentlemen, if you please. Miss Taylor's going to play for us...
女士们,先生们,烦请泰勒小姐为我们表演。
Sir Harry! Stop, if you please!
哈里爵士!对不起,请等一下!
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[PHRASE 短语](表示惊讶、恼怒或难以置信)竟然,你说怪不怪 You can say if you please to indicate that a situation surprises or annoys you, or is difficult to believe.
[PHR with cl]
[feelings]
She was pretty unforthcoming. Made Sally wait till she'd cooked Selby's lunch, if you please.
她爱搭不理地把萨莉晾在一边,直到她为塞尔比做好午饭,你说怪不怪。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语](无礼地表示不在意或不关心)请便,随你的便 You say 'please yourself ' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
[feelings]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
'Do you mind if I wait?' I asked. Melanie shrugged: 'Please yourself.'
我问道:“要不我等会儿吧?”梅拉妮耸耸肩说:“随你便。”
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please★/pliːz; NAmEpliːz/
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pleasepleasespleasedpleasingexclamation★1★used as a polite way of asking for sth or telling sb to do sth (用于客气地请求或吩咐)请,请问◆Please sit down.请坐。◆Two coffees, please.请来两杯咖啡。◆Quiet please!请安静!◆Please could I leave early today?请问我今天早走一会儿行吗?2★used to add force to a request or statement (用于加强请求或陈述的语气)请千万,请务必,的确◆Please don't leave me here alone.请千万别把我一个人留在这儿。◆Please, please don't forget.请务必务必不要忘记呀。◆Please, I don't understand what I have to do.我的确不明白我该做什么。3★used as a polite way of accepting sth (表示接受的客气话)太感谢了,太好了◆‘Would you like some help?’ ‘Yes, please.’“您需要帮忙吗?”“是的。太感谢了。”◆‘Coffee?’ ‘Please.’“要咖啡吗?”“那太好了。”4Please!( informal,often humorous) used to ask sb to stop behaving badly (用于让别人停止不规矩行为)别闹了,收敛点儿◆Children, please! I'm trying to work.孩子们,别闹了!我在干活哪。◆John! Please!约翰!老实点儿吧!5Please/P-lease/pəˈliːz; NAmEpəˈliːz/used when you are replying to sb who has said sth that you think is stupid (认为对方说话荒唐时用)得了吧,算了吧◆Oh, please! You cannot be serious.喔,得了吧!你准是在打哈哈。verb★1★[transitive , intransitive ]please(sb) |it pleases sb to do sthto make sb happy 使满意;使愉快◆You can't please everybody.你无法让每个人都满意。◆He's a difficult man to please.他是个难以取悦的人。◆There'sjust no pleasing some people(= some people are impossible to please).有些人你是没法让他们满意的。◆I did it to please my parents.我这么做是要让父母高兴。◆She's always very eager to please.她总是急欲取悦别人。OPP
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2[intransitive ]often used after asor what,where,etc. to mean ‘to want’, ‘to choose’ or ‘to like’ to do sth (常用在 as 或 what、 where 等词后)想,选择,喜欢◆You may stay as long as you please.你想待多久就待多久。◆She always does exactly as she pleases.她总是我行我素。◆I'm free now to live wherever I please.我现在想住哪里就住哪里。IDIOMSif you ˈplease1( old-fashioned,formal) used when politely asking sb to do sth (用于特别表示客气)请◆Take a seat, if you please.请坐吧。2( old-fashioned) ( especially BrE) used to say that you are annoyed or surprised at sb's actions (用于对某人的行为表示气愤或惊异)你们听听,岂有此理◆And now, if you please, he wants me to rewrite the whole thing!哼!你们听听,他竟要我全部重写!ˌplease the ˈeyeto be very attractive to look at 十分悦目ˌplease ˈGodused to say that you very much hope or wish that sth will happen (表示殷切期望)但愿老天帮忙,上帝保祐◆Please God, don't let him be dead.老天爷呀!千万别让他死啊。ˌplease yourˈself( informal) used to tell sb that you are annoyed with them and do not care what they do (表示恼怒和不关心)随你的便,悉听尊便◆‘I don't think I'll bother finishing this.’ ‘Please yourself.’“我想我不会费力做完这件事。”“随你的便。”ˌplease yourˈself | ˌdo as you ˈpleaseto be able to do whatever you like 能够随心所欲◆There were no children to cook for, so we could just please ourselves.因为不用给孩子做饭,我们就可以自便了。please/pliːz; NAmEpliːz/
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please1 interjection
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pleaseplease1 /pliːz/ ●●●S1W2 interjection
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1used to be polite when asking someone to do something: Could you please clean up the living room? Sit down, please. Please be quiet!2used to be polite when asking for something: I’d like a cup of coffee, please. Please can I go to Rebecca’s house?3said in order to politely accept something that someone offers you: ‘More wine?’ ‘Yes, please.’4Please! informala)said when you think what someone has just said or asked is not possible or reasonable: Oh, please, he’d never do that.b)used to ask someone to stop behaving badly: Alison! Please!5please Sir/Mrs Towers etc British English spoken used by children to get an adult’s attention
please1 interjection
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pleaseplease2 ●●●W3 verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to make someone happy or satisfied: a business that wants to please its customers She did everything she could to please him. Most children are eager to please.be hard/easy/impossible etc to please She’s hard to please. Everything has to be perfect.GRAMMAR: Using the progressivePlease is not used in the progressive. You say: · I do it because it pleases me.✗Don’t say: I do it because it is pleasing me.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS2[intransitive] used in some phrases to show that someone can do or have what they want: She does what she pleases.however/whatever etc you please You can spend the money however you please. With the Explorer pass, you can get on and off the bus as you please.3please yourself spoken used when telling someone to do whatever they like, even though really you think they are making the wrong choice: ‘I don’t think I’ll go.’ ‘Okay, please yourself.’4if you please old-fashioneda)formal used to politely ask someone to do something: Close the door, if you please.b) British English used to show that you are surprised, angry, or annoyed about something: He asked me, in my own house if you please, to leave the room!5bold/calm/cool etc as you please British English spoken very bold, calm etc, in a way that is surprising: He just walked in and sat down, as bold as you please.6please God used to express a very strong hope or wish: Everything will be all right, please God.
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