pleasantry

美 [ˈplezntri]英 [ˈplezntri]
  • n.客套;客气话

复数: pleasantries

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

formal客气话;客套
a friendly remark made in order to be polite

After exchanging the usual pleasantries, they got down to serious discussion.

互致寒暄之后,他们便开始严肃的讨论了。

pleasantry

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 轻松诙谐的话;寒暄;客套
    Pleasantries are casual, friendly remarks which you make in order to be polite.

    He exchanged pleasantries about his hotel and the weather.

    他就宾馆和天气寒暄了几句。

noun

1
an agreeable or amusing remark
they exchange pleasantries

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  1. Both curiosity and pleasantry come from his free and flexible painting style , and elapse with a life style marked by fantasy .

    好奇心和玩笑都来自一种洒脱的趣味和随意的绘画方式,又随着这些似乎荒诞不经的生活。

  2. But he regretted the pleasantry ; it was too near a satire .

    不过他又立即后悔起来,因为这句话太接近讽刺了。

  3. Danglars smiled at the good-natured pleasantry of the count .

    腾格拉尔对伯爵这种好心的打趣微笑了一下。

  4. For many years Jess had been employed about the cemetery as a man-of-all-work and it was his favorite pleasantry that he knew'every soul in the place ' .

    多年来,杰斯一直都受雇处理所有的墓地杂务,所以他喜欢开玩笑说,他认识“这个地方的每一个人”。

  5. And thy too-forced pleasantry !

    你的过于装作的滑稽!

  6. Courfeyrac and Bossuet , whose brave good humor increased with the peril , like Madame Scarron , replaced nourishment with pleasantry , and , as wine was lacking , they poured out gayety to all .

    古费拉克和博须埃,他们的英雄气概和舒畅心情随着危机与时俱增,就象斯卡隆夫人①那样,用开玩笑来代替饮食,因为没有葡萄酒了,他们就向群众灌注欢乐。