Pleasure boat

Definition

pleasure /'pleʒǝ(r)/ n ၁။ (က) [U] ေပ်ာ္ရႊင္မႈ။ အေပ်ာ္အပါး။ ၾကည္ႏူးမႈ။ a work of art that has given pleasure to millions of people ❍ a life spent in pursuit of pleasure ❍ It gives me great pleasure to welcome our speaker. ❍ She takes (no/ great) pleasure in her work. ❍ Has she gone to paris on business or for pleasure (ie for work or for fun)? (ခ) [C] သာယာမႈ။ ဝမ္းေျမာက္ျခင္း။ the pleasures of living in the country ❍ she has few pleasures left in life. ❍ It's been a pleasure meeting you. ❍ ‘Thank you for doing that!’ ‘It's a pleasure. ’ ၂။ [U] ( dated fml ) အလို။ ဆႏၵ။ သေဘာ။ You are free to come and go at your pleasure (ie as you wish). ❏ have the pleasure of sth/ doing sth [ IDM ] (က) (အယဥ္အေက်း ခြင့္ပန္စကား)။ ေက်းဇူးျပဳ၍။ May I have the pleasure of this dance? (ခ) ဝမ္းေျမာက္ဝမ္းသာစြာ။ ( fml or joc ) Are we to have the pleasure of seeing you again? ❏ pleasurable /'pleʒǝrǝbl/ adj ႏွစ္လို႔ဖြယ္ရာ။ ေပ်ာ္စရာ။ a highly pleasurable experience/ activity. pleasurably /-ǝbli/ adv ❏ pleasure boat n ( dated ) အေပ်ာ္စီးေလွ၊ သေဘၤာ။ pleasure boat trips round the harbour. ❏ pleasure-craft n ( pl unchanged) အေပ်ာ္စီးေလွ၊ သေဘၤာ။ ❏ with pleasure [ IDM ] ( fml ) ဝမ္းေျမာက္ဝမ္းသာစြာပါပဲ။ ‘Will you join us?’ ‘Thank you, with pleasure. ’ ❍ ‘May I borrow your car?’ ‘Yes, with pleasure. ’ Compare DISPLEASURE

Examples

1. He smiled with pleasure when she walked in.
2. [get pleasure from (doing) something] : I get a lot of pleasure from travelling.
3. [give/bring pleasure to someone] : His books have given enormous pleasure to many people.
4. [great pleasure] : She gets great pleasure from her garden.
5. In his later years
6. he found music to be one of the greatest pleasures in life.
7. After the operation she was able to enjoy simple pleasures such as a walk in the park.
8. I never have time to read for pleasure.
9. [for business or pleasure] : The customs official asked him if he was travelling for business or pleasure.