entertain

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entertain的基本意思是“款待”,指提供飯菜或某項(xiàng)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(dòng)詞或不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后可接代詞、名詞作簡單賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(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。

(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.