entertain
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?ent??te?n]
- 美式音標(biāo) [en.t???te?n]
- 國際音標(biāo) [,ent?'tein]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v.娛樂；使有興趣；招待；考慮；抱有；容納
詞根記憶
- 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(wù)或其他物品而使某人高興,可引申為“(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,后可接代詞、名詞作簡單賓語?？捎糜诒粍咏Y(jié)構(gòu)。
- entertain引申可作“抱有,考慮”解,后可接建議、想法、事業(yè)心等作賓語。
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- Diplomats often entertain.
外交官們經(jīng)常招待客人。 - We entertain our friends at dinner.
我們招待朋友吃飯。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- entertain charmingly 令人愉快地款待
- entertain expensively 大肆款待
- entertain fitfully 適當(dāng)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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專業(yè)釋義
- (主隊)在東道主球場與(客隊)比賽
- 使娛樂
- 招待