transcription, транскрипция: [ pleʒə(r) ]
( pleasures)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something gives you pleasure , you get a feeling of happiness, satisfaction, or enjoyment from it.
Watching sport gave him great pleasure...
Everybody takes pleasure in eating...
N-UNCOUNT : oft N from/in n / -ing
2.
Pleasure is the activity of enjoying yourself, especially rather than working or doing what you have a duty to do.
He mixed business and pleasure in a perfect and dynamic way...
I read for pleasure.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
A pleasure is an activity, experience or aspect of something that you find very enjoyable or satisfying.
Watching TV is our only pleasure.
...the pleasure of seeing a smiling face.
N-COUNT : oft N of n / -ing
4.
If you meet someone for the first time, you can say, as a way of being polite, that it is a pleasure to meet them. You can also ask for the pleasure of someone’s company as a polite and formal way of inviting them somewhere.
‘A pleasure to meet you, sir,’ he said...
CONVENTION [ politeness ]
5.
You can say ‘ It’s a pleasure ’ or ‘ My pleasure ’ as a polite way of replying to someone who has just thanked you for doing something.
‘Thanks very much anyhow.’—‘It’s a pleasure.’
CONVENTION [ formulae ]