pleasantry [ˈplɛzəntri]

例句:

• But he regretted the pleasantry; it was too near a satire.
  后来一想, 这句笑话太象当面挖苦了,他又后悔起来.
  
• Nonplussed for a moment, Pug realized that the heavy pleasantry was intended as a kindness.
  帕格一时不知所措, 而后意识到这种叫人吃不消的取笑是存心表示亲热.
  
• After an exchange of pleasantry, the leader start their negotiation.
  领导人互相寒暄一番, 然后开始谈判.
  
• The slap of...cold air...was like a pleasantry and we laughed as we ran.
  来自R. West
• If the compliment police are going to descend every time a pleasantry is offered, well then the heck with 'feminism'.
  来自BBC