Pleasantry
n. 幽默, 开玩笑
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pleasantry
n
(fml 文)
(a) humorous remark; joke 幽默的话; 笑话
The children smiled politely at the visitor's pleasantries. 孩子听了客人说的幽默话, 都斯文地笑了.
(b) polite remarks 有礼貌的话; 客气话
After an exchange of pleasantries, the leaders started their negotiations. 领导人互相寒暄一番, 然後开始谈判.
🗣️ 情景例句
And I have to discuss it with my wife.
我必须跟我的太太讨论。
His wife died a year ago. Now he lives alone.
他妻子去年去世了。现在他一个人住。
What was to become of them all, he wondered.
他们这些人会怎么样呢？他感到很纳闷。