Entertain
[ ,?nt?'ten ]
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vt. 熱情款待;使有興趣;抱著，懷有;考慮;
vi. 熱情款待;
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enter在中間+tain握住→在工作中間拿 → 招待；娛樂
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We are too heavily committed to be able to entertain fresh orders.
我們負擔太重，不能再接受新訂單。
She loves to talk,dance and entertain.
她喜歡談話、跳舞和招待客人。
I have never entertained any illusions about him.
我從來沒有對他抱過幻想。
'That, 'he observed, to entertain her, 'is an interesting old place. '
“你瞧，”他為了給她解悶，所以說，“那是一個很有意思的老地方。”
We were all entertained by his humorous stories.
他的幽默故事使我們大家都很開心。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ enter-進入,ta-拼音“他”,in-在里面:他進入里面去娛樂
※ enter-參加,ta-拼音“他”,in-在里面:參加聯歡會的他在里面受到款待
※ enter-進入,tai-拼音“太”,n-拼音“你”:初次進入別人家里,如果受到太過于隆重的招待,會讓你有些不適應
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-tact-表示“觸摸”
常見變體有-tach-、-tire-、-tag-、-tang-
?? 牛津釋義
entertain
v
1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (to sth) receive sb as a guest; provide food and drink for sb, esp in one's home 宴客; 招待, 款待某人（尤指在自己家中）
I don't entertain very often. 我不常在家請客.
They do a lot of entertaining, ie often give dinner parties, etc. 他們時常設宴待客.
Bob and Liz entertained us to dinner last night. 昨晚鮑勃和利茲設宴招待了我們.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (with sth) amuse sb 使某人快樂
Could you entertain the children for an hour, while I make supper? 我做晚飯時, 你能哄孩子們玩一個小時嗎?
He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes. 他給我們講故事、 說笑話, 讓我們高興了好幾小時.
3 [Tn] (fml 文) (not in the continuous tenses 不用於進行時態)
(a) be ready and willing to consider (sth) 愿意考慮（某事物）
He refused to entertain our proposal. 他拒不考慮我們的提議.
(b) hold (sth) in the mind or feelings 心里或感情上懷有（某事物）
entertain ideas, doubts, etc 有想法、 懷疑等.
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進入(enter)后保持-entertain 招待 enter(進入)+tain(廳,諧音):進入大廳受 招待
?? 擴展釋義
*[,ent?'tein]vt. 娛樂, 招待, 懷抱vi. 款待
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Has the container arrived in Sydney yet?
貨柜已經到達悉尼了嗎？
I'm going to tell him what to say.
我正要告訴他應該說什么。
It's very hot. It's summer in Australia now!
很熱。澳大利亞現在正值夏天！