pleasantry
pleasantry 英 ['plez(ə)ntrɪ] 美
n. 幽默；开玩笑
名词复数:pleasantries
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- n. 幽默；开玩笑
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1. For many years Jess had been employed about the cemetery as a man-of-all-work and it was his favorite pleasantry that he knew ''every soul in the place''.
多年来，杰斯一直都受雇处理所有的墓地杂务，所以他喜欢开玩笑说，他认识“这个地方的每一个人”。
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2. We have learned, however, from experience, what sort of pleasantry is upon most occasions capable of making us laugh, and we observe that this is one of that kind.
然而，从经验上我们知道，什么样的幽默在大多数场合下能够让我们发笑，我们看到，以上的这种类型就是。
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3. Courfeyrac and Bossuet, whose brave good humor increased with the peril, like Madame Scarron, replaced nourishment with pleasantry, and, as wine was lacking, they poured out gayety to all.
古费拉克和博须埃，他们的英雄气概和舒畅心情随着危机与时俱增，就象斯卡隆夫人①那样，用开玩笑来代替饮食，因为没有葡萄酒了，他们就向群众灌注欢乐。
- pleasantry (n.) "sprightly humor in conversation," 1650s, from French plaisanterie "joke, jest; joking, jesting," from plaisant "pleasant, pleasing, agreeable" (see pleasant). Related: Pleasantries.
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