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please 作及物动词时，宾语通常指人，表示“使某人高兴、满意”。
Her gentle answer pleased the angry customer.
她温和的回答让那位愤怒的顾客满意了。
取悦；使高兴；使满意
pleases — third person singular of please
使高兴；使满意；取悦。；合...的心意；使人满意
to make someone happy or give them pleasure
使高兴；使满意；取悦。
To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
一般现在时
She pleases everyone with her smile.
她以微笑取悦每个人。
一般过去时
He pleased the audience last night.
他昨晚取悦了观众。
现在完成时
They have pleased the customers.
他们已经让顾客满意了。
规则动词
The gift pleased her very much.
这份礼物使她非常高兴。
用法提示：这里'pleased'是动词'please'的过去式，表示'使高兴、取悦'。
He always tries to please his boss by working hard.
他总是努力加班来取悦老板。
用法提示：这里'please'是动词原形，表示'取悦、使满意'。
The new policy pleases the customers because it reduces wait times.
新政策让顾客满意，因为它减少了等待时间。
用法提示：这里'pleases'是动词'please'的第三人称单数形式，表示'使满意'。
please 作及物动词时，宾语通常指人，表示“使某人高兴、满意”。
Her gentle answer pleased the angry customer.
她温和的回答让那位愤怒的顾客满意了。
with 引出使人高兴的事物，说明取悦的方式或手段。
He pleased the audience with a short, funny speech.
他用一段简短有趣的演讲取悦了观众。
用 it 作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式，表示某事使某人感到高兴。
It pleased her to hear that her son had passed the exam.
听说儿子通过了考试，这让她感到高兴。
比please更正式，常用于满足愿望或要求
语气更强，强调带来极大快乐
侧重满足需求或要求，不一定愉悦
语气较弱，多指达到足够的满足状态
强调通过魅力或吸引力取悦，常用于社交场合
grammar · medium
易错句子I am very pleasing to hear the good news.
正确表达I am very pleased to hear the good news.
pleased 表示“（人）感到高兴”，pleasing 表示“令人高兴的”，用来描述引起感受的事物。汉语“我很高兴”不区分这两种方向，学习者容易误用 -ing 形式；此处主语是人，应用 be pleased to do sth。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new teacher pleased to us.
正确表达The new teacher pleased us.
please 作“使高兴、使满意”讲时是及物动词，直接接宾语，宾语前不加介词；汉语“使我们高兴”中的“使”也不带介词，因此容易多写一个 to，去掉 to 即可。
grammar · medium
易错句子The news please me very much.
正确表达The news pleases me very much.
news 是不可数名词，作主语时视为单数，一般现在时的动词要加 -s。汉语没有主谓一致的要求，容易漏掉第三人称单数的 -s；主语为 the news 时应用 pleases。
取悦（please）的直接反义
与取悦（please）相反的常见动词
表示激怒，与使满意（please）对立
使不愉快，与恳请/取悦（please）相反
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。
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。
让父母高兴
She studied hard to please her parents.
她努力学习以让父母高兴。
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。
悦目
The garden was designed to please the eye.
花园设计得悦目。
随你便；你自便
I don't want to go, but please yourself.
我不想去，但随你便吧。
请；竟然（表惊讶或讽刺）
He just walked in and took the book, if you please.
他竟然走进来拿走了书，你信吗？
但愿；如果老天允许
Please God, let the weather be good tomorrow.
但愿明天天气好。
很高兴见到你，希望你能猜出我的名字
The Rolling Stones' song 'Sympathy for the Devil' includes the line 'Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name'.
滚石乐队的歌曲《同情魔鬼》中有这样一句歌词：'很高兴见到你，希望你能猜出我的名字。'
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难以取悦
The boss is hard to please, so the employees are always stressed.
老板难以取悦，所以员工总是压力很大。