Entertain
[entə'teɪn] or [,ɛntɚ'ten]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) take into consideration, have in view; 'He entertained the notion of moving to South America'.
(verb.) provide entertainment for.
伊妮德編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
(v. t.) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
(v. t.) To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.
(v. t.) To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.
(v. t.) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
(v. t.) To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
(v. t.) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
(v. i.) To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
(n.) Entertainment.
手打:普里西拉
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Lodge, treat hospitably, show hospitality to, receive as a guest.[2]. Feed, maintain, support.[3]. Hold, cherish, harbor.[4]. Take into consideration.[5]. Divert, amuse, please.
校對:惠特尼
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Harbor, maintain, conceive, foster, receive, recreate, amuse
ANT:Eject, exclude, deny, debar, annoy, weary, bore, tire
整理:斯特拉
解釋/意思:
v.t. to receive and treat hospitably: to hold the attention of and amuse by conversation: to amuse: to receive and take into consideration: to keep or hold in the mind: to harbour.—n. Entertain′er.—p.adj. Entertain′ing affording entertainment: amusing.—adv. Entertain′ingly.—n. Entertain′ment act of entertaining: hospitality at table: that which entertains: the provisions of the table: a banquet: amusement: a performance which delights.
埃斯特尔校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- O, fear not, she continued, fear not that I should entertain hope! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- They lagged behind, while Elizabeth, Kitty, and Darcy were to entertain each other. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- We are such fools, we can't entertain each other at table. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My Governor, I am sure, will always be proud to entertain one whom I so much esteem. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I suppose I should now entertain none but fatherly feelings for you: do you think so? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- That is why it seems to me so foolish to entertain them when they come to New York. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I entertained you, sir, said John, reining up his palfrey haughtily, for my follower, but not for my counsellor. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He would listen to one's conversation just as long as he was entertained by it and no longer. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- At these tables the _élite_ of the company were to be entertained, strict rules of equality not being more in fashion at Briarfield than elsewhere. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In 1805 two fatal blows were struck at any hope he may have entertained of ultimate victory, by the British Admirals Calder and Nelson. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The very port and gait of a swan, or turkey, or peacock show the high idea he has entertained of himself, and his contempt of all others. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I saw the word, and am curious to know how it could be so very entertaining to the one, and so very distressing to the other. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- But sometimes of an evening, before we went to cards, he would read something aloud out of the Elegant Extracts, very entertaining. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The people here live in alleys two yards wide, which have a smell about them which is peculiar but not entertaining. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But, he intimated that when she came home he should hope to have the pleasure of entertaining me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He sat entertaining them with his finest compliments, and his choicest conversation; but he conveyed to them, all the time, 'No, no, no, dear ladies. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- When the strange idea flashed across her that his words had reference to himself, she was incredulous, and ashamed of entertaining it. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Hows'ever,' said he, 'this isn't entertaining to Miss Bella. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She entertains me; and she is so extremely pretty, that I have great pleasure in looking at her. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It entertains _me_ more than many other things have done; but then I am unlike other people, I dare say. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I wish, if my friend Wardle entertains no objection, that his daughter should be married from my new house, on the day I take possession of it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn rubs his head with the key while she entertains herself with a sarcastic laugh. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
編輯:露西尔