Pleasure

(noun.) sexual gratification; 'he took his pleasure of her'.

(noun.) an activity that affords enjoyment; 'he puts duty before pleasure'.

(noun.) a formal expression; 'he serves at the pleasure of the President'.

(noun.) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; 'he was tingling with pleasure'.

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• The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They had told her that her aunt Shaw was coming; but she had not expressed either surprise or pleasure, or dislike to the idea. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• You have saved my life: I have a pleasure in owing you so immense a debt. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It isn't a mere pleasure trip to me, girls, she said impressively, as she scraped her best palette. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• No, I can safely say, I have no pleasure so complete, so unalloyed. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I have the pleasure of drinking his good health. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Say my message to thy mistress, and let her do her pleasure. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He may not give pleasure, he may not bring comfort, but, on the contrary, may make those to whose hearts he comes very unhappy. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Whether friends were present or absent, she had always a kind smile for him and was attentive to his pleasure and comfort. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Such is the process by which the youth passes from the necessary pleasures to the unnecessary. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And of the pleasures of love, and all other pleasures, the same holds good? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains! 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Riches became mine, wealth poured in upon me, and I rioted in pleasures enhanced a thousandfold to me by the consciousness of my well-kept secret. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Then if there be any city which may be described as master of its own pleasures and desires, and master of itself, ours may claim such a designation? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Bad, sir, very bad, but an old man has few pleasures. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Mrs. Bute could not disguise from herself the fact that none of her party could so contribute to the pleasures of the town-bred lady. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Their father was no object of love to them; he had never seemed the friend of their pleasures, and his absence was unhappily most welcome. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• In short, we want to cheer your daughter, and to give her the opportunity of sharing such pleasures as we are a going to take ourselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Plans which had lately appeared to her in the guise of tasks, now appeared like pleasures. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It is a fine day for pleasuring. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This was pleasuring with a vengeance. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We left you to bear it alone, while we went pleasuring. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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