pleasantry

pleasantry

['plezntri]

n. 幽默, 开玩笑, 客气话

例句与用法：

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。

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。

词形变化：

名词复数: pleasantries |

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n.

1. 幽默轻松, 诙谐有趣[U]

2. 幽默轻松的话(或举止), 打趣的话[C]

We stood about exchanging a few pleasantries.

我们站在附近, 说了几句打趣的话。