
v.娛樂(lè);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(kāi)心。
A teacher should entertain as well as teach. 教師不僅要教書,也要激起學(xué)生的興趣。
I like to entertain friends with music and refreshments at home. 我喜歡在家里用音樂(lè)和茶點(diǎn)招待朋友。
It was futile to entertain such a question. 考慮這樣一個(gè)問(wèn)題是沒(méi)有用的。
I have never entertained any illusions about him. 我從來(lái)沒(méi)有對(duì)他抱過(guò)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(duì)立的感情和互相矛盾的意見(jiàn)。
entertain的基本意思是“款待”,指提供飯菜或某項(xiàng)服務(wù)或其他物品而使某人高興,可引申為“(使)歡樂(lè)”“(使)娛樂(lè)”。
entertain可用作及物動(dòng)詞或不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后可接代詞、名詞作簡(jiǎn)單賓語(yǔ)。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
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(yǔ)。