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Pleasure Object Plaisir 1893.Pleasure 英 Pleʒə]美 ˈplɛʒɚ 释义

正面 1893.pleasure
英 ['pleʒə]美 [[ˈplɛʒɚ]]

背面
释义:
n. 快乐;希望;娱乐;令人高兴的事vt. 使高兴;使满意vi. 高兴;寻欢作乐
例句:
1. He mixed business and pleasure in a perfect and dynamic way.他以互动的方式将工作和娱乐完美地结合起来。

1. op- "against" + posit- + -ion.2. literally "set against, set opposite". => oppose, object to.
pleasure 愉悦,高兴来自please,请,使愉悦。
pleasure (n.)late 14c., "condition of enjoyment," from Old French plesir, also plaisir "enjoyment, delight, desire, will" (12c.), from noun use of infinitive plaisir (v.) "to please," from Latin placere "to please, give pleasure, be approved" (see please (v.)). Ending altered in English 14c. by influence of words in -ure (measure, etc.). Meaning "sensual enjoyment as the chief object of life" is attested from 1520s.pleasure (v.)1530s, "to take pleasure in;" 1550s as "give pleasure to," from pleasure (n.). Sexual sense by 1610s. Related: Pleasured; pleasuring."

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