please

exclamation

/pliːz/

used as a polite way of asking for something or telling somebody to do something（用于客气地请求或吩咐）请，请问
- Please sit down.请坐。
- Two coffees, please.请来两杯咖啡。
- Quiet please!请安静！
- Please could I leave early today?请问我今天早走一会儿行吗？
Express Yourself Asking for something
Asking for something请求给予某物Whether you are in shops or restaurants or in somebody's home, you can use polite questions to get what you want:在店铺、餐馆或别人家礼貌地请求给予某物，可用以下方式：
- Could I have a glass of water, please?请给我一杯水好吗？
- Do you have any decaffeinated coffee?你们有没有不含咖啡因的咖啡？
- I'd like tea with sugar, please.请来一杯加糖的茶。
- I'll have the pasta with salad, please.请给我来份意大利面配色拉。
Responses:回应：
- Certainly.当然可以。
- I'm sorry, we don't have any left.抱歉，已经没有了。
- Yes, of course. Here you are/go.好的，给你。
used to add force to a request or statement（用于加强请求或陈述的语气）请千万，请务必，的确
- Please don't leave me here alone.请千万别把我一个人留在这儿。
- Please, please don't forget.请务必务必不要忘记呀。
- Please, I don't understand what I have to do.我的确不明白我该做什么。
used as a polite way of accepting something（表示接受的客气话）太感谢了，太好了
- ‘Would you like some help?’ ‘Yes, please.’“您需要帮忙吗？” “是的。太感谢了。”
- ‘Coffee?’ ‘Please.’“要咖啡吗？” “那太好了。”
Please!
(informal, often humorous) used to ask somebody to stop behaving badly（用于让别人停止不规矩行为）别闹了，收敛点儿
- Children, please! I'm trying to work.孩子们，别闹了！我在干活呢。
- John! Please!约翰！老实点儿吧！
Please/P-lease

/pəˈliːz/

/pəˈliːz/
used when you are replying to somebody who has said something that you think is stupid（认为对方说话荒唐时用）得了吧，算了吧
- Oh, please! You cannot be serious.喔，得了吧！你准是在打哈哈。

词源Middle English: from Old French plaisir ‘to please’, from Latin placere.

please

verb

/pliːz/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they please	/pliːz/ /pliːz/
he / she / it pleases	/ˈpliːzɪz/ /ˈpliːzɪz/
past simple pleased	/pliːzd/ /pliːzd/
past participle pleased	/pliːzd/ /pliːzd/
-ing form pleasing	/ˈpliːzɪŋ/ /ˈpliːzɪŋ/

Idioms

[transitive, intransitive] to make somebody happy使满意；使愉快
- please somebody You can't please everybody.你无法让每个人都满意。
- Children are usually easy to please. 孩子通常很容易取悦。
- He's a difficult man to please.他是个难以取悦的人。
- I was pleased by the results. 我对结果很满意。
- There's just no pleasing some people (= some people are impossible to please).有些人你是没法让他们满意的。
- I did it to please my parents.我这么做是要让父母高兴。
- You must be pleased by their confidence in you.他们对你很有信心，你一定为此高兴。
- it pleases somebody to do something It pleased him to see the children playing with their gifts.看到孩子们玩他们的礼物，他很高兴。
- She's always very eager to please.她总是急欲取悦别人。
- This film is sure to please horror fans.这部电影一定会取悦恐怖片迷。
- These guys aim to please and they never fail. 这些人的目标是取悦他人，他们从不失败。
opposite displease
- Some children are very difficult to please.有些孩子很难使其满意。
- The planning policy failed to please anyone.规划政策令谁都不满意。
- The result pleased us enormously.结果让我们喜出望外。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- enormously
verb + please
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- be impossible to
- …
phrases
- there’s no pleasing somebody
[intransitive] often used after as or what, where, etc. to mean ‘to want’, ‘to choose’ or ‘to like’ to do something（常用在 as 或 what、where 等词后）想，选择，喜欢
- You may stay as long as you please.你想待多久就待多久。
- She always does exactly as she pleases.她总是我行我素。
- I'm free now to live wherever I please.我现在想住哪里就住哪里。
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词源Middle English: from Old French plaisir ‘to please’, from Latin placere.

Idioms

if you please

(old-fashioned, formal) used when politely asking somebody to do something（表示客气时用）请
- Take a seat, if you please.请坐吧。
(especially British English, old-fashioned) used to say that you are annoyed or surprised at somebody’s actions（用于对某人的行为表示气愤或惊异）你们听听，岂有此理
- And now, if you please, he wants me to rewrite the whole thing!哼！你们听听，他竟要我全部重写！

please the eye

to be very attractive to look at十分悦目

please God

used to say that you very much hope or wish that something will happen or not happen（表示殷切期望）但愿老天帮忙，上帝保佑
- Please God, don't let him be dead.老天爷呀！千万别让他死啊。

please yourself

(informal) used to tell somebody that you are annoyed with them and do not care what they do（表示恼怒和不关心）随你的便，悉听尊便
- ‘I don't think I'll bother finishing this.’ ‘Please yourself.’“我想我不会费力做完这件事。” “随你的便。”

please yourself | do as you please

to be able to do whatever you like能够随心所欲
- There were no children to cook for, so we could just please ourselves.因为不用给孩子做饭，我们就可以自便了。