
v.娛樂;使有興趣;招待;考慮;抱有;容納
We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我們大家都很開心。
A teacher should entertain as well as teach. 教師不僅要教書,也要激起學生的興趣。
I like to entertain friends with music and refreshments at home. 我喜歡在家里用音樂和茶點招待朋友。
It was futile to entertain such a question. 考慮這樣一個問題是沒有用的。
I have never entertained any illusions about him. 我從來沒有對他抱過幻想。
The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality. 人類的靈魂是能夠容納一切的,它毫不偏袒地接受互相對立的感情和互相矛盾的意見。
entertain的基本意思是“款待”,指提供飯菜或某項服務或其他物品而使某人高興,可引申為“(使)歡樂”“(使)娛樂”。
entertain可用作及物動詞或不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,后可接代詞、名詞作簡單賓語??捎糜诒粍咏Y構。
entertain引申可作“抱有,考慮”解,后可接建議、想法、事業(yè)心等作賓語。