Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense pleases, present participle pleasing, past tense, past participle pleased
1ADV (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. (表示有礼貌地请求或邀请)请,烦劳 [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。
2ADV (表示客气地接受)谢谢,行 You say please when you are accepting something politely. (表示客气地接受)谢谢,行 [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。”
3CONVENTION (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. (表示要求对方停止做某事或别再开口)请别,请不必 [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。
4CONVENTION (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. (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 [mainly British, politeness]
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?
5VERB 使高兴;使喜欢;使满意 If someone or something pleases you, they make you feel happy and satisfied. 使高兴;使喜欢;使满意
More than anything, I want to please you. [VERB noun]
最重要的是,我想让你高兴。
Much of the food pleases rather than excites. [VERB]
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. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
能和她交谈让他很高兴。
6PHRASE 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. 愿意;喜欢;认为合适
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。
7PHRASE [adj/adv PHR](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. (用于强调)极尽…,…的程度怎么说都不为过 [informal, emphasis]
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。
8CONVENTION (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. (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 [politeness] [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!
9PHRASE (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. (表示惊讶、恼怒或难以置信)竟然,你说怪不怪
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。
10CONVENTION (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. (无礼地表示不在意或不关心)请便,随你的便 [informal, feelings]
'Do you mind if I wait?' I asked. Melanie shrugged: 'Please yourself.'
ADVERB | VERB + PLEASE | PHRASESADVERB➤enormously使⋯極其高興◇The result pleased us enormously.結果讓我們極其高興。VERB + PLEASE➤be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to難以使⋯滿意;無法取悅◇Some children are very difficult to please.有些孩子很難使其滿意。➤be easy to容易取悅▸➤be eager to急於取悅◇He's always very eager to please.他總是極力想討好別人。➤try to想要使⋯高興▸➤fail to未能使⋯滿意◇The planning policy failed to please anyone.規劃政策令誰都不滿意。PHRASES➤there's no pleasing sb不可能使某人滿意◇There's just no pleasing some people (= some people are impossible to please).有些人你是沒法讓他們滿意的。
➡ See also the entry for delight另见delight条please ♦︎ satisfy ♦︎ make sb's day ♦︎ gratifyThese words all mean to make sb feel pleased or happy.这些词均表示使某人满意或愉快。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达使人满意的程度
satisfy
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please
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make sb's day
gratify
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆It pleased / satisfied / gratified sb that...◆It pleased / gratified sb to find / hear / know / see / think...◆to really please sb / make sb's day / gratify sb◆You can't please / satisfy everybody / everyone.◆Nothing pleases / satisfies sb.■please [transitive, intransitive] to make sb feel pleased使满意;使愉快;取悦◆I did it to please my parents.我这么做是要让父母高兴。◆There's just no pleasing some people(= some people are impossible to please).有些人你是没法让他们满意的。◆She's always very eager to please.她总是急于取悦别人。OPPdisplease ⇨ annoy see also pleased ⇨ glad, pleasing ⇨ satisfying■satisfy [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses; often used in negative sentences不用于进行时;常用于否定句) to please sb by doing or giving them what they want使满意;使满足◆Nothing satisfies him-he's always complaining.什么都难让他满意-他老是在抱怨。◆The proposed plan will not satisfy everyone.拟议中的计划不会让所有人都满意。 see also satisfied ⇨ happy, satisfying ⇨ satisfyingNOTE辨析 Please or satisfy?Please is often a stronger and more positive word than satisfy. Something that satisfies you is just good enough, but sth might please you very much. * please常表达比satisfy更强、更正面的含义。satisfy表示足够好,但是please可以表示非常令人满意◆The result pleased us enormously.结果让我们喜出望外。◆The result satisfied us enormously.Both words can be used in negative sentences to say that sth is not good enough.这两个词都可用于否定句,表示不够好◆The planning policy failed to please / satisfy anyone.规划政策未能让任何人满意。■make sb's ˈday
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(made, made) (ratherinformal, especiallyspoken) to make sb feel very happy on a particular day使兴奋(或高兴)一天◆The phone call from Mike really made my day.迈克打来的电话让我一整天都高兴得不得了。■gratify [transitive] (ratherformal, written) to please sb by making them feel that they are good at sth, liked or valued使(觉得能干、受欢迎或受重视而)高兴(或满意)◆It gratified him to think that it was all his work.一想到这都是他的工作成果,他感到十分欣慰。◆I was gratified by their invitation.收到他们的邀请,我感到很高兴。 see also gratifying ⇨ satisfying