Word · Frequency #758
pleased
/pliːz/
verb
取悦；使高兴；使满意
pleased is the past of please.
to make someone happy or give them pleasure
- 1.
To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
使高兴；使满意；取悦。
使高兴；使满意；取悦。；使高兴；合...的心意；取悦；使人满意
In use
The gift pleased her very much.
He always tries to please his boss by working hard.
The new policy pleases the customers because it reduces wait times.
Verb forms
base please · third person pleases · -ing pleasing · past pleased · past participle pleased
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- please customers
- 取悦顾客
- The company aims to please customers with high-quality service.该公司旨在以高质量服务取悦顾客。
- please the crowd
- 取悦观众
- The comedian told jokes to please the crowd.这位喜剧演员讲笑话以取悦观众。
- please one's parents
- 让父母高兴
- She studied hard to please her parents.她努力学习以让父母高兴。
- please oneself
- 随心所欲
- He decided to please himself and go on vacation alone.他决定随心所欲，独自去度假。
- please the eye
- 悦目
- The garden was designed to please the eye.花园设计得悦目。
- hard to please
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象‘please’发音像‘pleasure’（快乐），取悦就是带来快乐。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或半正式场合，表示使他人满意或高兴。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些单词都以 -ease 拼写结尾（squeeze 例外，以 -eeze 结尾），但 lease 和 crease 发音以 /s/ 结尾，而 please 以 /z/ 结尾，不押韵；tease, ease, appease, squeeze 以 /z/ 结尾，与 please 押韵。注意区分。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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