英文词源
- pleasure (n.)
- late 14c., "condition of enjoyment," from Old French plesir, also plaisir "enjoyment, delight, desire, will" (12c.), from noun use of infinitive plaisir (v.) "to please," from Latin placere "to please, give pleasure, be approved" (see please (v.)). Ending altered in English 14c. by influence of words in -ure (measure, etc.). Meaning "sensual enjoyment as the chief object of life" is attested from 1520s.
- pleasure (v.)
- 1530s, "to take pleasure in;" 1550s as "give pleasure to," from pleasure (n.). Sexual sense by 1610s. Related: Pleasured; pleasuring.
中文词源
词根词缀： pleas(= -plac- )高兴,安慰 + -ure名词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pleasure 词源，pleasure 含义。
来自please,请，使愉悦。
