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单词 entertaining
释义
entertaining1 adjectiveentertaining2 noun
entertainingen‧ter‧tain‧ing1 /ˌentəˈteɪnɪŋ◂ $ -tər-/ ●●○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an entertaining movie
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A wry and entertaining tale, typical of this good writer.
  • Almodovar is the happiest, most entertaining hedonist in the world today.
  • Hamilton gave some entertaining examples of animals attempting to escape predation by clumping.
  • It makes for an extraordinary mixture but an entertaining one, as eclectic as the individual pieces he describes.
  • It was very entertaining going forward, and extremely frustrating waiting for them to score Goal-Of-The-Century!
  • Senior Officers and Flag Officers have considerable official entertaining responsibilities and stewards play a key role at such functions.
  • Traditional bridal wear combines with theatrical costume and effects to create an entertaining and thought-provoking visual statement.
  • When you are laying out a new workshop you can play a particularly entertaining board game.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· All too often supposedly top officials turn highly entertaining games into a farce with over-the-top bookings.· Just like Bob Monkhouse, Steg is slimy but highly entertaining!· When this is combined with film deadlines, the resulting anecdotes are often highly entertaining.· In short, Dillie is witty, versatile, highly entertaining and very funny.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounentertainerentertainmententertainingadjectiveentertainingverbentertainadverbentertainingly
amusing and interesting:  Children’s TV nowadays is much more entertaining. an entertaining evening
entertaining1 adjectiveentertaining2 noun
entertainingentertaining2 noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Franker discussion about the nature and value of conventional entertaining could improve matters even more.
  • Nigel also resented the expense of entertaining.
  • Think about your future life-style together; will there be a lot of formal or informal entertaining?
  • When they lived together Paul had explained the merits of plastic entertaining.
  • You will want people to relax over their meal, especially if you do a lot of entertaining.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The hotel is used for corporate entertaining (=for business reasons).
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounentertainerentertainmententertainingadjectiveentertainingverbentertainadverbentertainingly
when you invite people for meals or to parties, at home or for business reasons:  simple recipes for easy entertaining The hotel is used for corporate entertaining (=for business reasons).
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