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Hold Enter Mind Interesting One's Original French Version

正面 6570.entertaining
英 [entə'teɪnɪŋ]美 [,ɛntɚ'tenɪŋ]

背面
释义:
adj. 令人愉快的v. 款待(entertain的ing形式)
例句:
1. They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 school-children for an afternoon.他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。

1. enter- (inter-) + -tain + -ing.2. => keep or hold someone's mind among many different and interesting things.=> keep or hold something like amusing or treat between / among people.=> keep or hold something attractive or interesting among / in one's mind.3. 所谓花花世界、五彩缤纷、其乐无穷,由此引申义:娱乐,助兴。4. 类推:The original Old French version of enterprise was emprise.5. => The original Old French version of entertain was *emtenir(*emtain).6. 因此这里的enter-前缀应该说还含有“in”的含义,这还可以从单词enter及该前缀的源头可以看出来。7. enter- "in" => hold or keep one's mind in something, hold (in), keep (in), maintain (in).

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