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单词 entertain
释义
entertain
verb
uk
/en.təˈteɪn/us
/en.t̬ɚˈteɪn/

entertainverb(AMUSE)

B1[IorT]
tokeepagroupofpeopleinterestedorenjoyingthemselves:
使有兴趣；使快乐
Wehiredamagicianto entertain thechildren.我们雇了一位魔术师表演节目让孩子们开心。
Most children'stelevisionprogrammesaimtoeducateand entertain at the sametime.大多数儿童电视节目都旨在寓教于乐。
More examples
  • Milligan'sanarchichumourhas always had thepowertooffendas well as entertain.
  • Yearafteryeartheywheelout the samethird-ratecelebritiesto entertain us.
  • Should thefunctionof children'stelevisionbe to entertain or toenlighten?
  • Thecrowdwas entertained with adisplayofaerobatics.
  • Thecrowdswereonceagain entertained by thenumberonetennisplayer'santicson and off thecourt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Celebrating & entertaining
  • a good time was had by allidiom
  • amuse
  • amused
  • bacchanalian
  • banqueting
  • bar-hop
  • emcee
  • entertaining
  • ents
  • go to townidiom
  • kill
  • perform
  • propose
  • push
  • rejoice
  • rejoicing
  • revel
  • revel insomething
  • revelry
  • throw
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Causing pleasure

entertainverb(INVITE)

[IorT]
toinvitesomeone toyourhomeand givefoodanddrinkto them:
（在家）招待，款待，请客
We entertain a lot ofpeople,mainlybusinessassociatesof my wife's.我们经常在家请客，主要都是我妻子的业务伙伴。
Now that Iliveon my own, I don't entertain much.既然就我一个人生活，我也就不常请人到家里做客。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Celebrating & entertaining
  • a good time was had by allidiom
  • amuse
  • amused
  • bacchanalian
  • banqueting
  • bar-hop
  • emcee
  • entertaining
  • ents
  • go to townidiom
  • kill
  • perform
  • propose
  • push
  • rejoice
  • rejoicing
  • revel
  • revel insomething
  • revelry
  • throw
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entertainverb(THINK ABOUT)

[Tnot continuous]formal
toholdsomething inyourmindor to bewillingtoconsideroracceptsomething:
怀着；抱有；心存；持有
TheGeneralrefusedto entertain thepossibilityofdefeat.将军拒绝考虑失败的可能性。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Thinking and contemplating
  • a brown studyidiom
  • agonize
  • agonize over/aboutsomething
  • beard-stroking
  • bethink
  • consideration
  • dip
  • harbour
  • introspect
  • introspection
  • joined-up thinking
  • lateral thinking
  • let me see/let's seeidiom
  • reflection
  • run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
  • scratch
  • scratchyourheadidiom
  • self-contemplation
  • self-reflection
  • soul-searching
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(Definition ofentertainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

entertain| American Dictionary

entertain
verb
us
/ˌen·tərˈteɪn/

entertainverb(AMUSE)

[I/T]
tokeepapersonor agroupofpeopleinterestedoramused:
[I]Children’sgamesandbooksseektoteachand entertain at the sametime.
[T]Kerry andBillentertainedlistenersoftheirradioshow withtalesoftheiradventureson anoceancruise.

entertainverb(INVITE)

[I/T]
toinviteone or morepeopletoyourhouseand givefoodanddrinkto them:
[T]She was a goodcookandlikedto entertain herfriendswith newdishes.
[I]We didn’t entertain much over theholidaysthisyear.

entertainverb(THINK ABOUT)

[T]
toholdinyourmindor to bewillingtoconsideroraccept:
He entertained somedoubtsabout howtruthfulthegovernmentwas.
(Definition ofentertainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

entertain| Business English

entertain
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˌentəˈteɪn/us
to takecustomersorpossiblecustomersout torestaurants,bars,theatres, etc. as a way ofencouragingthem to dobusinesswith you:
Employees can usetheirexpenseaccountsfor entertaining aclient.
(Definition ofentertainfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofentertain

entertain
They also entertained those naval captains who successfully escorted convoys, rewarding them with presents and personally congratulating them in published resolutions in the newspapers.
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The positive experience suggests that interactive graphics programs of this kind make good and entertaining programming exercises for functional programming courses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Respondents striving for multilocal adaptation entertained relatively advanced ideals of mobility.
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Clastres entertained many hypotheses through his life about what factors might have given rise to the state.
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Even there, as our fundamentalist campaign poster indicated, diverse and sometimes contradictory values are not only entertained but also trumpeted before the general public.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The possibility of lower levels of nortriptyline equalling less adverse side-effects, without significantly reducing efficacy, was entertained.
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The volume is entertaining in style and content, with a range of relevant and wellproduced illustrations.
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Before considering a possible explanation for the present findings, we briefly survey explanatory schemes that are entertained for inhibition or facilitation of return.
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The new festivals offer the same kind of regular festive setting for people to mingle, meet friends, be entertained and barter, buy, and sell goods.
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As we will see later, only a few of the latter cultivars have been seriously entertained as staple foods.
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Yes, it is an all-embracing change that will transform the way we do business, the way we are educated, and the way we are entertained.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No one entertained the soldier with bread or water.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Everyone should agree that natural language is a necessary condition for human beings to be capable of entertaining at least some kinds of thought.
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Working class older people are expected by policymakers and practitioners to take part in activities and be entertained.
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On the psychological side, revonsuo seems unaware of the sort of misgivings that might be entertained by behaviorists concerning his research program.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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