pleasure
US: /ˈpɫɛʒɝ/
UK: /plˈɛʒɐ/
UK: /plˈɛʒɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pleasure /'pleʤə/
- danh từ
- niềm vui thích, điều thích thú, điều thú vị, điều vui thú, điều khoái trá
- a day of pleasure: một ngày vui thú
- it's a pleasure to...: thật là thú vị được...
- to take pleasure in...: thích thú với...
- with pleasure: xin vui lòng, rất hân hạnh
- khoái lạc, hoan lạc; sự ăn chơi truỵ lạc
- a life given up to pleasure: cuộc sống ăn chơi truỵ lạc
- a man of pleasure: một người ưa khoái lạc, một người ăn chơi truỵ lạc
- ý muốn, ý thích
- what's your pleasure, sir?: (thương nghiệp) thưa ông muốn mua gì ạ?, thưa ông cần gì ạ?
- I shall not consult his pleasure: tôi sẽ không hỏi ý muốn của hắn ta
- at pleasure: tuỳ ý, tuỳ ý muốn, tuỳ ý thích
- at someone's pleasure: tuỳ ý muốn của ai
- that can be postponed during our pleasure: việc đó có thể để chậm lâu chừng nào tuỳ theo ý muốn của chúng ta
- niềm vui thích, điều thích thú, điều thú vị, điều vui thú, điều khoái trá
- ngoại động từ
- làm vui lòng, làm vui thích, làm vừa ý (ai)
- làm vui lòng, làm vui thích, làm vừa ý (ai)
- nội động từ
- (+ in) thích thú với, vui thích với, thú vị với
- to pleasure in something: thích thú với cái gì
- to pleasure in doing something: thích thú làm cái gì
- (+ in) thích thú với, vui thích với, thú vị với
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] ~ (in sth / in doing sth)
~ (of sth / of doing sth) a state of feeling or being happy or satisfied
Synonym: ENJOYMENT
to read for pleasure + He takes no pleasure in his work. + She had the pleasure of seeing him look surprised. + (formal) It gives me great pleasure to introduce our guest speaker. + (written) We request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of our daughter Lisa. + Caring for a sick relative is a task that brings both pleasure and pain. + She took pleasure in shocking her parents.
2 [U] the activity of enjoying yourself, especially in contrast to working: Are you in Paris on business or pleasure?
3 [C] a thing that makes you happy or satisfied: the pleasure and pains of everyday life + the simple pleasures of the countryside + It's a pleasure to meet you. + 'Thanks for doing that.' 'It's a pleasure.' + Swimming is one of my greatest pleasures. + Chocolate is one of life's little pleasures.
Compare: DISPLEASURE
Idioms: at your / sb's pleasure (formal) as you want; as sb else wants: The land can be sold at the owner's pleasure.
with pleasure (formal) used as a polite way of accepting or agreeing to sth: 'May I sit here?' 'Yes, with pleasure.'
Collocation dictionary
1 enjoyment
ADJ.
considerable, deep, enormous, great, intense
It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome my next guest.
| genuine, real | pure, sheer | quiet
The audience nodded with quiet pleasure at her remark.
| obvious | endless
Children find endless pleasure in playing with water.
| malicious, perverse, sadistic | vicarious
He gained vicarious pleasure from watching people laughing and joking.
| aesthetic, physical, sensual, sexual
VERB + PLEASURE
bring (sb), give (sb), provide | derive, find, gain, get, take
My grandfather got immense pleasure out of life until the end.
PREP.
for ~
Some people read for pleasure, and others read to study.
| with ~
His eyes lit up with pleasure.
| ~ at
He beamed with pleasure at seeing her.
| ~ from
She was deriving a perverse pleasure from his discomfort.
| ~ in
They took great pleasure in each other's company.
PHRASES
business and pleasure
I often meet useful people at parties, so I combine business with pleasure.
| have the pleasure of sth
May I have the pleasure of the next dance?
2 sth that makes you happy
ADJ.
great | doubtful, dubious
the dubious pleasure of growing up in the public eye
| little, simple
one of life's little pleasures
| fleeting, momentary, temporary
VERB + PLEASURE
have
(formal) I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you again.
| enjoy | forego
PLEASURE + NOUN
boat, craft
PHRASES
the pleasures of life
She enjoys the simple pleasures of life.
| the pleasures of the flesh
Priests promise to forego the pleasures of the flesh.
Concise English dictionary
pleasures|pleasured|pleasuring'pleʒə(r)
noun
+a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
+something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness
+a formal expression
+an activity that affords enjoyment
+sexual gratification
