entertain是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves -- 使有興趣；使快樂

  • We hired a magician to entertain the children. 我們請了一位魔術師表演節目讓孩子們開心。

  • Most children's television programmes aim to educate and entertain at the same time. 大多數兒童電視節目都旨在寓教於樂。

• 1 to invite someone to your home and give food and drink to them -- （在家）招待，款待，請客

  • We entertain a lot of people, mainly business associates of my wife's. 我們經常在家請客，主要都是我妻子的業務夥伴。

  • Now that I live on my own, I don't entertain much. 既然我自己一個人生活，我也就不常請人到家裡做客。

• 2 to hold something in your mind or to be willing to consider or accept something -- 懷著；抱有；心存；持有

  • The General refused to entertain the possibility of defeat. 將軍拒絕考慮失敗的可能性。