| 单词 | entertain |
| 释义 | entertain (entəʳteɪn ) Word forms: entertains , entertaining , entertained 1. verb B1+ If a performer, performance, or activity entertains you, it amuses you, interests you, or gives you pleasure. ...games and ideas to entertain children. [VERB noun] They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities. [be VERB-ed] Children's television not only entertains but also teaches. [VERB] entertaining adjective B2 To generate new money the sport needs to be more entertaining. This is a surprisingly entertaining film. Synonyms: enjoyable, interesting, pleasing, funny 2. verb If you entertain people, you provide food and drink for them, for example when you have invited them to your house. I don't like to entertain guests anymore. [VERB noun] You weren't allowed to entertain men in your rooms even with a chaperone. [VERB noun] The Monroes continued to entertain extravagantly. [VERB] Synonyms: show hospitality to, receive, accommodate, treat entertaining uncountable noun ...a cosy area for entertaining and relaxing. 3. verb If you entertain an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously. [formal] I feel how foolish I am to entertain doubts. [VERB noun] I wouldn't entertain the idea of such an unsociable job. [VERB noun] Synonyms: consider, support, maintain, imagine Collocations: entertain a possibility Yet he doesn't seriously entertain the possibility that theism might be categorically distinct from science and thus immune from its judgements. The Times Literary Supplement I think that several reputable scientists are being unscientific in refusing to entertain the possibility of extraterrestrial origin and nature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It means that if you don't own a pair, you should start entertaining the possibility. Times, Sunday Times He further speculates that all information-bearing systems may be conscious, leading him to entertain the possibility of conscious thermostats and a qualified panpsychism he calls panprotopsychism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But no one senior within the rescue mission seriously entertained this possibility. Times, Sunday Times There are four teams in this league who never entertain a thought of relegation. The Sun Sometimes, human beings need time to think things through, to allow themselves to entertain a thought before committing to it. Times, Sunday Times He becomes more and more angry, at the same time as he begins to entertain the thought of taking over the guerrillas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Raise your hand if you've never entertained that thought. Christianity Today He had never previously entertained the thought. The Times Literary Supplement Not much use, though some drivers entertain fans with victory doughnuts after winning races. Times, Sunday Times For me it's to entertain fans, people who have supported the club since the day their dads put a kit on them until the day they die. The Sun I love to put on a show that will really entertain fans.... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He would entertain fans prior to games by throwing the baseball from the far right field corner to third base on the fly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apparently the director used the video of her touching herself to entertain guests during late-night parties. Times,Sunday Times Always genial, he would entertain guests to apple turnovers and tea in the midst of his specimens. Times, Sunday Times There was an ice pop cart and an illustrator to entertain guests. Times, Sunday Times This served as his business room and as a second drawing room to entertain guests. Times, Sunday Times A falconry company even threw in a display by their splendid birds of prey to entertain guests. The Sun These filmmakers no longer wanted to produce vapid pieces created simply to entertain the masses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fair was an enclosed site, that merged entertainment, engineering and education to entertain the masses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it also has many ingredients to entertain the masses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Travelling troupes of actors entertained the masses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The need to entertain visitors also demanded generous space. Times, Sunday Times Bluebells will be out soon and the gardens have an enclosure full of wallabies to entertain visitors of all ages. Times, Sunday Times Even the most contemplative of anchorites should entertain visitors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hospitalized in-patients were free by day to sell their handwork in the market, or to entertain visitors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Events and a fairground entertain visitors throughout the day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 娱乐 Japanese: 楽しませる |
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