pleasantry

[US]/'plez(ə)ntrɪ/
[UK]/ˈplɛzəntri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 客气话;客套;礼仪
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

exchange pleasantries

交换寒暄

Example Sentences

exchanged pleasantries before getting down to business.

在开始做生意前的寒喧

after an exchange of pleasantries, I proceeded to outline a plan.

打趣一番之后,我接着讲了一个计划的提纲。

Swapping pleasantries, two cardinals prepare to enter the Synod Hall for a consistory, an assembly of cardinals that advises the pope.

两位红衣主教边开玩笑边走入宗教会堂准备参加红衣教会议,这个红衣主教集合的会议作用是献策于教皇。

For many years Jess had been employed about the cemetery as a man-of-all-work and it was his favourite pleasantry that he knew 'every soul in the place.

许多年来,墓地雇他做杂差,而他最得意的玩笑就是他认识“墓地里的每个幽灵”。

exchanging pleasantries with colleagues

与同事交换寒暄

a brief pleasantry before the meeting

会议前的简短寒暄

pleasant pleasantries at the party

派对上愉快的寒暄

a formal pleasantry in the email

邮件中的正式寒暄

offering pleasantries to new neighbors

对新邻居表示问候

a pleasantry to break the ice

用一句客套话打破僵局

exchanging pleasantries with strangers

与陌生人交换寒暄

a pleasantry to start a conversation

用一句客套话开始对话

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