Pleasing的意思|Pleasing的解释-里氏词典

pleasing ['pli:ziŋ]

a. 令人喜爱的, 愉快的, 舒适的

pleasing

[ noun ]

the act of one who pleases

<noun.act>

[ adj ]

giving pleasure and satisfaction

<adj.all>

a pleasing piece of news

pleasing in manner and appearance

Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable},
{Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
satisfy.

I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.

What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.

2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
desire; to will.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
cxxxv. 6.

A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.

3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
impersonally. ``It pleased the Father that in him should
all fullness dwell.'' --Col. i. 19.

To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.

{To be pleased in} or {To be pleased with}, to have
complacency in; to take pleasure in.

{To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it;
to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
--Dryden.

Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion;
agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing
manners. ``Pleasing harmony.'' --Shak. ``Pleasing features.''
--Macaulay. -- {Pleas"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Pleas"ing*ness}, n.

Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See {Pleasant}.

Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, n.
An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

He should not worry about pleasing all voters, Mr Tebbit said on BBC television.
Master chef Julia Child thinks she knows how to make broccoli pleasing to the presidential palate.
Although most were reared in Roman Catholicism, Hispanics in growing numbers are switching to evangelical churches, pleasing those congregations but worrying Catholic leaders.
The compromises achieved by the House also have the surprising effect of pleasing both industry and environmentalists to a greater degree than a bill passed last week by the Senate.
Most pleasing are reports of family discussions of the brochure, Koop said.
Five staff are on the phone dealing with customers' inquiries. No calls are waiting to be answered, a pleasing statistic for Alistair Waters, at 32, one of a new generation of insurance managers at the UK's second-biggest insurance company.
Meanwhile, Mr. Buechelhofer noted that BMW also has been sustaining "pleasing" sales growth in its motorcycle division.
The company's statement that trading was showing a 'pleasing improvement' helped the share price hold steady.
Lederman said the prize "was very, very pleasing.
The association with his hero, Honest Abe, is pleasing to Mr. Simon, a Democratic presidential hopeful building a campaign based on an image of integrity and consistency.
"Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes," premiered by American Ballet Theater on Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera House, is a pleasing, light-hearted dance, the first choreographed for the company by Mark Morris.
British ballet owes a great deal to South African dancers in such crucial figures as Nadia Nerina, Maryon Lane, John Cranko, David Poole, and it is pleasing that the Cape Ballet should make its first overseas tour under the new dispensation to London.
And that may be harder than pleasing Wall Street by cutting costs and selling assets.
The interior is trim, airy, acoustically excellent, comfortable to sit in (it holds an audience of about 475 people), and pleasing to behold.
The dynamic growth announced by the young banking and the asset management divisions is particularly pleasing.
Cash is flowing into certificates of deposit, but that trend isn't entirely pleasing to bankers.
It has curving lines, good materials and finishes, and an altogether pleasing look. Vlessing calls his system 'Desk'.
Almost every resident of Galena lives in the historic district, whose pleasing orderliness, tucked perfectly into the hills near the northwest corner of the state, recalls a Currier and Ives print.
For the past year, he has striven to make the fried chicken restaurants more aesthetically pleasing than the typical gaudy fast-food outlet.
And the friendly, relaxed mood is instantly pleasing.
Weary of synthesized sounds, many top musicians add pure acoustic-guitar melody, pleasing domestic instrument makers' ears and sales.
Japanese who invest in U.S. real estate evoke mixed emotions on this continent, angering Americans competing to buy the same properties but pleasing sellers.
Coldham's gardens have odd forms of almost anything between the tennis court and the pleasing design of occasional beds.
Everything." Asked if he was pleased that Saddam was talking about a negotiated settlement, even if the terms were unacceptable, Bush said crisply: "I didn't see anything to be pleasing in there at all.
It's been a good life, pleasing people over so many years." And the recordings continue to bring pleasure.
Scotland is a beautiful land, full of wooded hills, green valleys and pleasing coastal vistas.
A few paces back, and the result is an equally pleasing spray pattern.
Gross assets grew from ADollars 8bn to ADollars 9.2bn. Mr Jim Service, chairman, described the result as pleasing in difficult and competitive conditions.
But this was Elizabeth Dole, and the praise of her presidential candidate husband struck a pleasing chord with her fellow North Carolinians.
The report can bring surprises of both sorts, pleasing and upsetting. 'The follow-up team meetings can become quite personal,' said Willard.

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