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词汇 pleasure-loving
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Definition of pleasure-loving in English:

pleasure-loving

adjective
  • Enjoying activities that stimulate the senses rather than the intellect.

    they were a pleasure-loving people who enjoyed dancing and singing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My family was pleasure-loving and hard-drinking, but only as a reward for hard work done.
    • He was weary of trying to get the pleasure-loving king to concentrate on business.
    • He found the life amusing, and its rewards, though uncertain, were enough to keep a pleasure-loving bachelor in comfort.
    • In London between the World Wars, the pleasure-loving young aristocrats whom the press has scathingly dubbed "bright young things" are living it up.
    • On the one hand came a culture of entertainment, a pleasure-loving approach to life largely set in motion by young males.
    • He seems to have retained his mordant humour and pleasure-loving streak in spite of everything.
    • Here the pleasure-loving Viennese initially flocked to the operas of Rossini, with their sparkling italianate tunes and lightweight story-lines.
    • He is sensuous, selfish and pleasure-loving.
    • A young, pleasure-loving emperor misbehaves and treats capriciously all of those who surround him.
    • He was a pleasure-loving old man, wholly indifferent to his responsibilities.

Definition of pleasure-loving in US English:

pleasure-loving

adjective
  • Enjoying activities that stimulate the senses rather than the intellect.

    they were a pleasure-loving people who enjoyed dancing and singing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He found the life amusing, and its rewards, though uncertain, were enough to keep a pleasure-loving bachelor in comfort.
    • My family was pleasure-loving and hard-drinking, but only as a reward for hard work done.
    • A young, pleasure-loving emperor misbehaves and treats capriciously all of those who surround him.
    • He is sensuous, selfish and pleasure-loving.
    • He was weary of trying to get the pleasure-loving king to concentrate on business.
    • Here the pleasure-loving Viennese initially flocked to the operas of Rossini, with their sparkling italianate tunes and lightweight story-lines.
    • On the one hand came a culture of entertainment, a pleasure-loving approach to life largely set in motion by young males.
    • He seems to have retained his mordant humour and pleasure-loving streak in spite of everything.
    • He was a pleasure-loving old man, wholly indifferent to his responsibilities.
    • In London between the World Wars, the pleasure-loving young aristocrats whom the press has scathingly dubbed "bright young things" are living it up.
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