entertains

英 [ˌentəˈteɪnz]

美 [ˌentərˈteɪnz]

v.  (尤指在自己家中)招待，款待; 使有兴趣; 使快乐; 娱乐; 心存，怀有(想法、希望、感觉等)
entertain的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使快乐；给…以娱乐；使有兴趣
  If a performer, performance, or activity entertains you, it amuses you, interests you, or gives you pleasure.
  1. ...games and ideas to entertain children...
     带给孩子们快乐的游戏和想法
  2. They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities...
     顶级歌手、舞蹈演员和名人们给他们带来娱乐。
  3. Children's television not only entertains but also teaches.
     儿童电视节目不仅有娱乐性而且还有教育意义。
• VERB 招待;款待
  If youentertainpeople, you provide food and drink for them, for example when you have invited them to your house.
  1. I don't like to entertain guests anymore...
     我再也不想招待客人了。
  2. You weren't allowed to entertain men in your rooms even with a chaperone...
     即使你有监护人陪同，也不允许在房间里招待男性。
  3. The Monroes continued to entertain extravagantly.
     门罗一家继续大宴宾客。
• VERB 考虑，心存，怀有（主意、建议等）
  If youentertainan idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously.
  1. I feel how foolish I am to entertain doubts...
     我竟然心存怀疑，真是太愚蠢了。
  2. I wouldn't entertain the idea of such an unsociable job.
     我不会考虑从事这种不跟人打交道的工作。

双语例句

• The wise man builds no hopes for the future, entertains no regrets for the past.
  智者不为将来建立希望，不为过去怀抱悔撼。
• For instance business entertains cost to should enter operating expenses, because be the expenditure on business.
  比如业务招待费就应该入营业费用，因为是业务上的开支。
• I'm expecting an hour of TV that pulls me in and entertains me and makes me think.
  我在等一个小时的电视拉我在和招待我，让我觉得。
• May always entertains visitors with a free hand.
  梅招待客人一向大方。
• I love making friends with others and it entertains me the most when I'm around my friends.
  我很喜欢交朋友和朋友在一起是我最快乐的时候了。
• He entertains the belief that the second world war is inevitable before 1936.
  他相信1936年以前第二次世界大战是不能避免的。
• Isabella swears that the love Edgar has for me is nothing to that she entertains for you.
  伊莎贝拉发誓说埃德加对我的爱比起她对你的爱来是不足道的。
• Where a pair of comedians entertains the audience with word play.
  两个喜剧演员通过语言游戏使观众愉悦。
• In each episode they meet a new puppet friend who entertains them with delightful songs and humor.
  在每一节节目里，他们都遇到一个以快乐歌曲和幽默娱乐的玩偶。
• Considering foes as friends A friend looks after your own good, is attached to you by affection, and entertains other sentiments of esteem.
  视敌为友朋友会照顾你的利益，因为彼此的情感而重视支持你，认真对待你的情绪。