Pleasureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛʒə/
• (General American) enPR: plĕzhʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈplɛʒɚ/
• 韻: -ɛʒə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: pleas‧ure

名詞

pleasure (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 pleasures)

1. (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

   Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction

   Antonyms: displeasure, pain

   He remembered with pleasure his home and family.

   I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.

   • 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

     But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.

   • 2019, Toro y Moi (lyrics かつ music), “Ordinary Pleasure”, in Outer Peace:

     Maximize all the pleasure / Even with all this weather / Nothing can make it better / Maximize all the pleasure

2. (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.

   Synonyms: delight, joy

   It was a pleasure to meet you.

   Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 25:9:

     Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.

   • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:

     In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

3. (uncountable) One's preference.

   Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish

   What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?

4. (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.

   Synonym: discretion

   to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked

   to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely

   at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Use your pleasure; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 48:14:

     He will do his pleasure on Babylon.

派生語

間投詞

pleasure

1. pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"

動詞

pleasure (三人称単数 現在形 pleasures, 現在分詞 pleasuring, 過去形および過去分詞形 pleasured)

1. (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.

   Synonyms: please, gratify

   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 55:

     [H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...]

2. (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.

   Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.

3. (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.

   to go pleasuring

派生語

関連する語

• displeasure
• please
• pleasant

Further reading

• “pleasure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pleasure”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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