[VERB 动词]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.
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...games and ideas to entertain children...
带给孩子们快乐的游戏和想法
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。
Children's television not only entertains but also teaches.
儿童电视节目不仅有娱乐性而且还有教育意义。
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To generate new money the sport needs to be more entertaining...
要想创造更多的收入,这项体育活动需要变得更加有趣味性。
This is a surprisingly entertaining film...
这部电影的娱乐性十足,让人意想不到。
Miro is the most inventive and entertaining of surrealist painters.
米罗是最具创造力和娱乐性的超现实主义画家。
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[VERB 动词]招待;款待 If you entertain people, you provide food and drink for them, for example when you have invited them to your house.
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I don't like to entertain guests anymore...
我再也不想招待客人了。
You weren't allowed to entertain 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。
The Monroes continued to entertain extravagantly.
门罗一家继续大宴宾客。
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...a cosy area for entertaining and relaxing.
招待和休息的舒适场所
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[VERB 动词]考虑,心存,怀有(主意、建议等) If you entertain an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously.
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I feel how foolish I am to entertain doubts...
我竟然心存怀疑,真是太愚蠢了。
I wouldn't entertain 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。
Oxford
en·ter·tain★/ˌentəˈteɪn; NAmEˌentərˈteɪn/verb1★[intransitive , transitive ]to invite people to eat or drink with you as your guests, especially in your home (尤指在自己家中)招待,款待◆The job involves a lot of entertaining.这项工作需要经常设宴招待客人。entertainsb ◆Barbecues are a favourite way of entertaining friends.烤肉野餐是最受人喜爱的待客方式。2★[transitive , intransitive ]entertain(sb) (with sth) to interest and amuse sb in order to please them 使有兴趣;使快乐;娱乐◆He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.他讲故事说笑话,逗我们乐了好几个小时。◆The aim of the series is both to entertain and inform.这套系列节目是为了寓教于乐。3[transitive ]( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) entertainsth ( formal) to consider or allow yourself to think about an idea, a hope, a feeling, etc. 心存,怀有(想法、希望、感觉等)◆He had entertained hopesof a reconciliation. 他曾对和解抱有希望。◆to entertain a doubt/suspicion持怀疑态度entertainentertainsentertainedentertainingen·ter·tain/ˌentəˈteɪn; NAmEˌentərˈteɪn/
1[intransitive, transitive] to amuse or interest people in a way that gives them pleasureentertain somebody with something She entertained the children with stories, songs and drama. A museum should aim to entertain as well as educate.2[intransitive, transitive] to invite people to your home for a meal, party etc, or to take your company’s customers somewhere to have a meal, drinks etc: Mark usually does the cooking when we entertain. Do you get an allowance for entertaining clients?3entertain an idea/hope/thought etc formal to consider an idea etc, or allow yourself to think that something might happen or be true: She could never entertain the idea of living in the country.
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