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.娱乐;使有兴趣;招待;考虑;抱有;容纳
词根记忆
- enter(进入) + tain(拿住)→拿着东西进入→招待,款待
用法辨析
- entertain的基本意思是“款待”,指提供饭菜或某项服务或其他物品而使某人高兴,可引申为“(使)欢乐”“(使)娱乐”。
- entertain可用作及物动词或不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后可接代词、名词作简单宾语。可用于被动结构。
- entertain引申可作“抱有,考虑”解,后可接建议、想法、事业心等作宾语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Diplomats often entertain.
外交官们经常招待客人。 - We entertain our friends at dinner.
我们招待朋友吃饭。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- entertain charmingly 令人愉快地款待
- entertain expensively 大肆款待
- entertain fitfully 适当款待
- entertain gaily 娱乐
- entertain gravely 大胆地款待
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
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.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- (主队)在东道主球场与(客队)比赛
- 使娱乐
- 招待