pleases
v. (使…)高興( please的第三人稱單數 ); (使…)滿意; 想要; 喜歡
You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something.
Can you help us please?...
能請你幫幫我們嗎?
Would you please open the door?...
請你開一下門好嗎?
You say please when you are accepting something politely.
'Tea?' — 'Yes, please.'...
“要茶嗎?”——“好的,謝謝。”
'You want an apple with your cheese?' — 'Please.'
“要不要加個蘋果和乳酪一起吃?”——“行啊。”
You can say please to indicate that you want someone to stop doing something or stop speaking. You would say this if, for example, what they are doing or saying makes you angry or upset.
Please, Mary, this is all so unnecessary...
瑪麗,請不要這樣,這完全沒必要。
Isabella. Please. I don't have time for this.
伊莎貝拉,別再說了,我沒有時間聽這個。
You can say please in order to attract someone's attention politely. Children in particular say 'please ' to attract the attention of a teacher or other adult.
Please sir, can we have some more?...
請問,先生,我們能再要一些嗎?
Please, Miss Smith, a moment.
對不起,史密斯小姐,能耽誤你一會兒嗎?
If someone or something pleases you, they make you feel happy and satisfied.
More than anything, I want to please you...
最重要的是,我想讓你高興。
Much of the food pleases rather than excites...
這些食物中許多隻是讓人滿意,但並不讓人興奮。
You use please in expressions such as as she pleases ,whatever you please, and anything he pleases to indicate that someone can do or have whatever they want.
Women should be free to dress and act as they please...
女性應該有穿衣和行動的自由。
He does whatever he pleases...
他想幹什麼就幹什麼。
You can use as you please in expressions such as bold as you please or casually as you please or charming as you please in order to emphasize what you are saying.
He walked by my table and, casually as you please, picked up my address book...
他走到我的桌旁,非常隨意地拿起了我的通訊錄。
Bold as you please, she grabbed me by the sleeve.
她真夠大膽的,竟抓住了我的衣袖。
If you please is sometimes used as a very polite and formal way of attracting someone's attention or of asking them to do something.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you please. Miss Taylor's going to play for us...
女士們,先生們,煩請泰勒小姐為我們表演。
Sir Harry! Stop, if you please!
哈里爵士!對不起,請等一下!
You can say if you please to indicate that a situation surprises or annoys you, or is difficult to believe.
She was pretty unforthcoming. Made Sally wait till she'd cooked Selby's lunch, if you please.
她愛搭不理地把薩莉晾在一邊,直到她為塞爾比做好午飯,你說怪不怪。
You say 'please yourself ' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
'Do you mind if I wait?' I asked. Melanie shrugged: 'Please yourself.'
我問道:“要不我等會兒吧?”梅拉妮聳聳肩說:“隨你便。”
Much of the food pleases rather than excites.
這些食物中許多隻是讓人滿意,但並不讓人興奮。
He does whatever he pleases.
他想幹什麼就幹什麼。
Isabel can live where she pleases.
伊莎貝爾可以喜歡住哪兒就住哪兒。
It pleases me that he should want to talk with me.
我很高興他想同我談談.
If everyone acts as he pleases, everything will be in a muddle.
要是各行其是, 那就亂套了.