please
adv. 请 vt. 使高兴, 合...的心意, 取悦 vi. 使人满意, 讨好, 愿意, 敬请
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使喜欢；使高兴，使满意
to make someone happy or satisfied
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To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
讨好
及物/不及物Her presentation pleased the executives.
I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.
Our new range of organic foods is sure to please.
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To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
不及物Just do as you please.
He doesn't think, he just says whatever he pleases.
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Used to make a polite request.
Please, pass the bread.
Would you please sign this form?
Could you tell me the time, please?
May I take your order, please?
Q: Should I call him to confirm? A: Please do.
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Used as an affirmative to an offer.
Near-synonym: thank you
May I help you? —(Yes,) please.
D'you mind if I open the window? —Please do.
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An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?
So it's safe to let a 10-year-old use a gun? Please.
So now I have to go back there a third time? Please!
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An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
Near-synonyms: enough, enough already, that's enough, no more, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU
Please with that damn harmonica!
Please with all the ads, I just want to watch the movie.
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Said as a request to repeat information.
Customer while ordering: Can I get a [unintelligible]? Restaurant employee: Please?
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From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness, permission”). In this sense, displaced native Old English līcian, whence Modern English like.
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