entertain词典解释

1. 招待，款待，请客，宴请，设宴款待
2. 使快乐，使欢乐，使喜悦
3. 怀着，持有，怀抱，抱有
4. （使）娱乐，助兴
5. 使感兴趣，使有兴趣
6. 进行招待的活动
7. 含有，容纳
8. 接受，答应
9. 考虑，准备考虑，愿意考虑
10. 心存
11. 保持，坚持

1. vt. ＆ vi. 款待 have guests; provide entertainment for guests
2. vt. ＆ vi. (使)欢乐,(使)娱乐 keep pleasantly interested; please or amuse
3. vt. 抱有,考虑 have in the mind; maintain, consider

1.使快乐；给…以娱乐；使有兴趣
If a performer, performance, or activity entertains you, it amuses you, interests you, or gives you pleasure.

e.g. ...games and ideas toentertain children...
带给孩子们快乐的游戏和想法
e.g. They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities...
顶级歌手、舞蹈演员和名人们给他们带来娱乐。

2.招待;款待
If youentertain people, you provide food and drink for them, for example when you have invited them to your house.

e.g. I don't like toentertain guests anymore...
我再也不想招待客人了。
e.g. You weren't allowed toentertain men in your rooms even with a chaperone...
即使你有监护人陪同，也不允许在房间里招待男性。

3.考虑，心存，怀有（主意、建议等）
If youentertain an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously.

e.g. I feel how foolish I am toentertain doubts...
我竟然心存怀疑，真是太愚蠢了。
e.g. I wouldn'tentertain the idea of such an unsociable job.
我不会考虑从事这种不跟人打交道的工作。

1. Diplomats often entertain.
   外交官们经常招待客人。
2. She likes to dance and entertain.
   她喜爱跳舞和招待客人。
3. We are too busy to entertain much nowadays.
   现今我们忙得都不能经常请客了。

1. We entertain our friends at dinner.
   我们招待朋友吃饭。
2. I entertained my friends at my own table with a simple meal.
   我在自己家里请朋友吃了一顿便饭。
3. They entertained guests with refreshments.
   他们以茶点招待客人。
4. He entertains his guest very poorly.
   他对客人很怠慢。
5. A circus show entertains children.
   马戏表演使孩子们兴高采烈。
6. He entertained us with music.
   他以音乐使我们快乐。
7. We entertained the guests with a detailed description of the party.
   我们给客人详细地介绍了晚会的情况。
8. They entertained a firm belief in final victory.
   他们对最后胜利抱有坚定信心。
9. We had always entertained the kindness feelings toward his family.
   我们对他的一家一直怀有好感。
10. I entertained grave doubts about the wisdom of what he was doing.
    我很怀疑他正在做的事是否明智。
11. I refuse to entertain such a foolish idea.
    我拒绝考虑如此愚蠢的想法。
12. He has entertained the proposal.
    他已考虑这一建议。
13. If you put the idea before him, he may entertain it.
    如果把你的想法和他说出来,他可能会考虑的。
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14. They were entertained at a tea party.
    我们举办茶话会招待他们。
15. We were all entertained by his tricks.
    我们大家对他的把戏都感兴趣。
16. The audience was very much entertained by the show.
    这场演出令观众愉快。
17. Some people are entertained by the radio and television.
    有些人靠听广播和看电视来消遣。

• entertain charmingly令人愉快地款待
• entertain expensively大肆款待
• entertain fitfully适当款待
• entertain gaily娱乐
• entertain gravely大胆地款待
• entertain handsomely慷慨地款待
• entertain hospitably殷勤款待
• entertain poorly招待不周
• entertain royally隆重地招待
• entertain rudely粗鲁款待

• entertain as an honoured guest作为贵宾款待
• entertain by singing songs以唱歌助兴
• entertain with music用音乐助兴
• entertain with a variety of tricks用各种戏法娱乐

entertain, amuse, divert, recreate

这组词都有“娱乐”的意思。amuse强调娱乐时的专心致志,主要指轻松、琐碎、没有什么目的的消遣活动。divert强调以不同的乐事去分散注意力。entertain指能够提供娱乐的消遣活动。recreate则指为使头脑清醒,身体松弛而变换的消遣活动。

amuse，entertain，interest，please

这些动词均含有“使人娱乐，消遣”之意。

amuse指使人通过注意某些有趣或悦人的事物而消遣，着重使人愉快的效果。

entertain指通过给他人快乐感的消遣活动，使自己或他人从单调中解脱出来。

interest普通用词，指出于任何原因使人兴奋或对某事物保持好奇心或注意力，侧重引起兴趣或注意。

please多指愿望、兴趣得到满足后产生的强烈满意情绪。