entertain
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌentəˈteɪn]
- 美式音标 [en.t̬ɚˈteɪn]
- 国际音标 [,entə'tein]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v.娛樂;使有興趣;招待;考慮;抱有;容納
词根记忆
- enter(進入) + tain(拿住)→拿著東西進入→招待,款待
用法辨析
- entertain的基本意思是“款待”,指提供飯菜或某項服務或其他物品而使某人高興,可引申爲“(使)歡樂”“(使)娛樂”。
- entertain可用作及物動詞或不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,後可接代詞、名詞作簡單賓語。可用於被動結搆。
- entertain引申可作“抱有,考慮”解,後可接建議、想法、事業心等作賓語。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- Diplomats often entertain.
外交官們經常招待客人。 - We entertain our friends at dinner.
我們招待朋友喫飯。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- entertain charmingly 令人愉快地款待
- entertain expensively 大肆款待
- entertain fitfully 適儅款待
- entertain gaily 娛樂
- entertain gravely 大膽地款待
用作動詞 (v.)
~+副詞
英英字典
- (AMUSE) to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves
- (INVITE) to invite someone to your home and give food and drink to them
- (THINK ABOUT) to hold something in your mind or to be willing to consider or accept something
- If a performer, performance, or activity entertains you, it amuses you, interests you, or gives you pleasure.
- entertaining
- If you entertain, or entertain people, you provide food and drink for them, for example, when you have invited them to your house.
- entertaining
- If you entertain an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously.
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专业释义
- (主隊)在東道主球場與(客隊)比賽
- 使娛樂
- 招待