| 英语单词 | entertaining |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌentə'teɪnɪŋ] 美 [ˌentər'teɪnɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.有趣的；娱乐性的；令人愉快的 n.招待；款待 动词entertain的现在分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) A little embroidery made the story quite entertaining. (2) They see life from an entertaining angle. (3) She was always so funny and entertaining. (4) They do most of their entertaining in restaurants. (5) He spends a lot of money entertaining his friends. (6) Money was no object when it came to entertaining Henry Ford. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 增加了一点虚构细节使得故事相当有趣。 (2) 他们是从娱乐的角度看待人生的。 (3) 她总是那么风趣，令人愉快。 (4) 他们多数都在餐馆请客。 (5) 他花很多钱款待他的朋友。 (6) 要款待亨利，金钱算不了一回事。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Things that are entertaining are enjoyable and distracting. Going to the circus is an entertaining way to spend an afternoon. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Activities like playing games and watching movies can be entertaining, and you can also describe a friend who's particularly funny or fun to be with as entertaining. The adjective comes from the related verb, entertain, which meant "keep up, maintain, or keep someone in a certain frame of mind" in the fifteenth century. It comes from the Old French entretenir, "hold together." |
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