Word · Frequency #22158
pleasantry
幽默话；玩笑话；打趣的话
pleasantry
- 1.
A playful remark; a jest.
玩笑话；打趣的话。
玩笑话；打趣的话。；幽默；开玩笑
In use
We exchanged a few pleasantries before getting down to business.
His pleasantry about the weather brightened the mood in the room.
She smiled at his pleasantry but did not reply.
a pleasantry about [topic]
pleasantry 是可数名词，指一句轻松或打趣的话；常用 about 引出话题。
That was just a pleasantry about the weather, not a serious comment.
那只是句关于天气的玩笑话，不是认真的评论。
exchange pleasantries with [someone]
exchange pleasantries 为固定搭配，pleasantries 常用复数，表示见面时说些客气话或闲聊。
They exchanged pleasantries with the guests before dinner.
晚餐前他们与客人互致寒暄。
Common mistakes
They exchanged a pleasantry after the meeting.They exchanged pleasantries after the meeting.
在 exchange 后应使用复数 pleasantries，表示双方相互说了几句客套/打趣的话。pleasantry 是可数名词，单数 a pleasantry 只表示一句，与 exchange（交换、相互说）搭配不合适。
He told a pleasantry about the weather.He made a pleasantry about the weather.
英语中 tell 的宾语通常为 joke、story 等，而 pleasantry 的惯用动词是 make（说出、作出评论）。受汉语“说笑话”的影响，学习者常把 tell 误用在 pleasantry 上，造成搭配错误。
Connections
Collocations
- exchange pleasantries
- 互相寒暄
- They exchanged pleasantries before the meeting began.会议开始前他们互相寒暄了几句。
- social pleasantries
- 社交客套话
- After the social pleasantries, we got down to business.客套一番后，我们开始谈正事。
- a pleasantry about the weather
- 关于天气的客套话
- He began with a pleasantry about the weather.他以一句关于天气的客套话开场。
- a witty pleasantry
- 风趣的俏皮话
- She offered a witty pleasantry that made everyone laugh.她说了一句风趣的俏皮话，逗得大家大笑。
- the usual pleasantries
- 惯常的客套话
- We went through the usual pleasantries before the discussion.我们在讨论前照例说了些客套话。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pleasant（令人愉快的）+ try（尝试）：试着说让人愉快的话，就成了 pleasantry（玩笑话/打趣话）。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、polite social conversation pleasantry 的正式程度随用法而异：复数 pleasantries 多指客套话，语气较中性；单数指逗趣的话时偏书面或正式。日常口语可改用 joke。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Peasantry /ˈpɛzəntri/ 与 pleasantry 完全押韵：重读音节同为 /ɛ/，之后均为 /zəntri/。Pleasant /ˈplɛzənt/ 只是前半部分读音相同；Pedantry /ˈpɛdəntri/ 以 -antry 结尾且重读元音相同，但辅音是 /d/ 而非 /z/；Pantry /ˈpæntri/、Entry /ˈɛntri/、Gentry /ˈdʒɛntri/ 都以 /tri/ 或相近的 /ntri/ 收尾，但重读元音或后续音节不同，因此不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.