pleasure sb
作动词时偏正式、书面化，日常口语中更常说 give pleasure to sb。
The soft music pleasured everyone in the room.
轻柔的音乐让房间里的每个人都感到愉悦。
使快乐；使高兴；给…带来快乐
使获得性快感；给…性满足；给予或带来快乐；给予性愉悦
to make someone feel happy or give them enjoyment
给予或带来快乐
To give or afford pleasure to.
给予性愉悦
To give sexual pleasure to.
一般现在时
He pleasures his guests with fine wine.
他用好酒让客人感到愉快。
一般过去时
The warm fire pleasured us after the long walk.
长途跋涉后，温暖的炉火让我们感到惬意。
现在完成时
Her stories have pleasured readers for generations.
她的故事让一代代读者感到愉悦。
作动词时通常带宾语，意为“使愉快”；规则变化为 pleasure – pleasured – pleasured。
It pleasures me to see my old friends doing well.
看到我的老朋友过得好，我很高兴。
用法提示：pleasures 是动词 pleasure 的第三人称单数形式，表示“使……快乐”，这里用 it 作形式主语。
Grandpa was clearly pleasured by the card we made for him.
爷爷显然因为我们给他做的贺卡而感到高兴。
用法提示：was pleasured 是被动语态，表示“被给予快乐、感到愉快”。
The warm sunshine and soft music pleasured the guests on the terrace.
温暖的阳光和轻柔的音乐让露台上的客人们感到愉悦。
用法提示：pleasured 是动词过去式，带宾语，表示“使……愉悦”。
作动词时偏正式、书面化，日常口语中更常说 give pleasure to sb。
The soft music pleasured everyone in the room.
轻柔的音乐让房间里的每个人都感到愉悦。
被动结构多见于书面语；若句子涉及性语境，此结构常另含性暗示。
The guests were pleasured by the sweet music.
客人们被甜美的音乐所取悦。
与反身代词连用，指给自己带来性快感，这是该动词现代最常见的用法。
He closed the door and pleasured himself.
他关上门，自慰。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am very pleasure to meet you.
正确表达I am very pleased to meet you.
pleasure 是及物动词，不能作形容词放在 be 动词后当表语；表示"高兴的"要用形容词 pleased（由动词 please 加 -ed 构成）。汉语"我很高兴"里的"高兴"是形容词，学生却填了 pleasure，就造成词性错误。改成 I am very pleased to meet you 后为"be + 形容词 + to do"结构，意义不变。
grammar · medium
易错句子Her kind words pleasured to me.
正确表达Her kind words pleasured me.
作"使快乐、给…带来快乐"讲的 pleasure 是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不加介词 to。汉语"给我带来快乐"含有"给…"，学生容易按中文结构补出 to me；去掉 to，让名词短语直接作宾语（pleasured me）就对了。
please 是日常通用动词，表示使人满意，也用于礼貌请求（Please sit down）；pleasure 作动词很少见、偏文学，且常指给予性愉悦。日常说“使人高兴”用 please。
gratify 侧重满足欲望、心愿或虚荣心，常见于 it gratifies sb to do sth 这类结构，语域较正式；pleasure 作动词侧重“带来愉悦”本身，更书面且可指性方面。
delight 语气更强，指带来强烈而外露的喜悦，多为文学或正式用法；pleasure 作动词语气平和、使用更少见，且常带性意味。
自慰；手淫
He pleasured himself in the shower.
他在淋浴时自慰。
让伴侣获得性快感
She enjoys pleasuring her partner.
她喜欢让伴侣获得快感。
让女性获得性满足
He is attentive and knows how to pleasure a woman.
他很体贴，懂得如何让女性获得性满足。
pleas-（词根：取悦，与 please 同源） + -ure（名词后缀；此动词用法由名词转化而来）。同根词：please, pleasant, displeasure；同后缀词：culture, nature, pressure。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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