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BNC: 758 COCA: 1167

please

1 please /ˈpliːz/ adverb
1 please
/ˈpliːz/
adverb
Learner's definition of PLEASE
used to ask for something in a polite way请(用于礼貌地请求)
used to show that a request is serious or important请千万,请务必(用于加强请求的语气)
used as a polite way of saying yes行,好,谢谢(用于礼貌地表示同意)
informalused to show that you do not agree with or believe something that was said得了吧,算了吧(用于表示不同意或不相信所听到的话)
2 please /ˈpliːz/ verb
pleases; pleased; pleasing
2 please
/ˈpliːz/
verb
pleases; pleased; pleasing
Learner's definition of PLEASE
: to make (someone) happy or satisfied使愉快;使满意;使高兴
[+ object]
[no object]
used in the phrase to please用于短语to please
opposite displease
[no object] : to make a choice about what to do, have, etc.喜欢;按意愿

as you please

British, informal
used to make a statement more forceful especially when describing behavior that is surprising非常,十分(用于加强语气,尤用于描述令人吃惊的行为)

if you please

old-fashioned + formal
used to make a polite request烦请,如果愿意的话(用于礼貌地请求)
used to express your surprise or annoyance about something居然(用于表达对某事物的惊讶或气恼)

please yourself

used to say that you can do what you want to do随你的便;悉听尊便
BNC: 758 COCA: 1167

please

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verb

pleased; pleasing

intransitive verb

1
: to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction
2
: like, wish
do as you please
3
archaic : to have the kindness
will you please to enter the carriage Charles Dickens

transitive verb

1
: to give pleasure to : gratify
2
: to be the will or pleasure of
may it please Your Majesty

please

2 of 2

adverb

1
used as a function word to express politeness or emphasis in a request
please come in
2
used as a function word to express polite affirmation
like some tea? Please
3
used as a function word to express scornful disagreement, disapproval, or disbelief
you believe that? Oh, please

Example Sentences

Verb He joined the football team to please his father. Her parents were pleased by her decision. It pleases me to know that you liked the gift. They're very hard to please.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Easy to adjust to please everyone at your table, this recipe uses homemade cashew cream to make an extra silky sauce. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2022 As a South Asian woman, you’re expected to please everyone, look after everyone, nurture and feed, do everything for everyone and never look after yourself. Akanksha Kamath, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022 Trying to please other people isn't likely to go well at the moment. Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2022 Too many leaders are being so indecisive on the subject trying to please everyone. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 July 2022 To shake off what’s fake, stop trying to please other people in the negative sense, but learn from experience, pick up positive things, lose some negative things. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2022 It’s Paul who rallies her by reminding her that her responsibility isn’t to please everyone. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022 Thus, any map that House and Senate Democrats favor will have to please House Republicans enough that their three redistricting committee members won’t tank it. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2021 Can't please everyone: Biden still faces pressure from progressives to cancel an even larger share of debt. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
Adverb
Naturally, during the 113 years those bells have hung in Mitchell Tower, there have been Hyde Park residents asking if these (expletive) change ringers would please stop. Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English plesen, from Anglo-French plaisir, pleisir, pleire, from Latin placēre; akin to Latin placare to placate and perhaps to Greek plak-, plax flat surface — more at fluke

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Adverb

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of please was in the 14th century
BNC: 758 COCA: 1167
please

verb

ADVERB | VERB + PLEASE | PHRASES ADVERBenormously使⋯極其高興The result pleased us enormously.結果讓我們極其高興。VERB + PLEASEbe 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。PHRASESthere'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。

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