0 a polite and often slightly humorous remark, usually made to help other people feel relaxed -- 客套話；打趣的話
After exchanging pleasantries, the delegation revealed the purpose of their visit. 彼此寒暄一番之後，代表團說出了他們訪問的目的。
Why then, might a man of the cloth devote his time and his intellect so consistently to the production of games and pleasantries?
With the workers there were no pleasantries, and yelling was his standard mode of speech.
There were few pleasantries in the years following, however, as each national expedition competed with the other in order to claim the continent.
I look forward to that fraternal occasion, so perhaps we may reserve the further exchange of pleasantries until then.
There were no party scores in it, apart from a few little pleasantries which always enliven his speeches.
Or is he waiting to see how long he can sit on the fence, with pleasantry in place of policy?
This is not the time for those pleasantries.
Let us get the pleasantries out of the way.
