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entertain

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英 [ent?'te?n] 美[,?nt?'ten]

英英釋義同義詞辨析考試真題實用場景例句

近義詞fascinate excite delight amuse a give interest party

vt. 娛樂；招待；懷抱；容納
vi. 款待

CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?entertains;過去式:?entertained;過去分詞:?entertained;現(xiàn)在分詞:?entertaining;

助記提示

1. enter- (inter-) + -tain.
2. => keep or hold someone's mind among many different and interesting things.
=> keep or hold something like amusing or treat between / among people.
=> keep or hold something attractive or interesting among / in one's mind.
3. 所謂花花世界、五彩繽紛、其樂無窮，由此引申義：娛樂，助興。
4. 類推：The original Old French version of enterprise was emprise.
5. => The original Old French version of entertain was *emtenir(*emtain).
6. 因此這里的enter-前綴應(yīng)該說還含有“in”的含義，這還可以從單詞enter及該前綴的源頭可以看出來。
7. enter- "in" => hold or keep one's mind in something, hold (in), keep (in), maintain (in).
8. 進入一種拿在手里玩的狀態(tài).

中文詞源

entertain 招待

enter-, 更里面，中間。-tain, 握，維持，詞源同contain, tenable. 即招待客人，維持客戶。

英文詞源

entertain (v.): late 15c., "to keep up, maintain, to keep (someone) in a certain frame of mind," from Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir "hold together, stick together, support" (12c.), from entre- "among" (from Latin inter; see inter-) + tenir "to hold" (from Latin tenere; see tenet).

Sense of "have a guest" is late 15c.; that of "gratify, amuse" is 1620s. Meaning "to allow (something) to consideration, take into the mind" (of opinions, notions, etc.) is 1610s. Related: Entertained; entertaining.

雙語例句

1. I wouldn't entertain the idea of such an unsociable job.: 我不會考慮從事這種不跟人打交道的工作。

2. I feel how foolish I am to entertain doubts.: 我竟然心存懷疑，真是太愚蠢了。

3. Michael left his sickbed to entertain his house guests.: 邁克爾走下病床去招待客人。

4. She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs.: 她不得不款待當?shù)匾恍o聊的大人物。