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。

I like to entertain friends with music and refreshments at home. 我喜歡在家里用音樂和茶點(diǎn)招待朋友。

It was futile to entertain such a question. 考慮這樣一個(gè)問題是沒有用的。

I have never entertained any illusions about him. 我從來沒有對(duì)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(duì)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(xiàng)服務(wù)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(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。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。