And now, if you'll walk this way, ladies and gentlemen, the next room we're going to see is the room in which the family used to hold their formal dinner parties and even occasionally entertain heads of state and royalty.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
使快樂；給…以娛樂；使有興趣
If a performer, performance, or activity entertains you, it amuses you, interests you, or gives you pleasure.
例句
...games and ideas to entertain children...帶給孩子們快樂的游戲和想法They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities...頂級歌手、舞蹈演員和名人們給他們帶來娛樂。
VERB
招待;款待
If you entertain people, you provide food and drink for them, for example when you have invited them to your house.
例句
I don't like to entertain guests anymore...我再也不想招待客人了。You weren't allowed to entertain men in your rooms even with a chaperone...即使你有監護人陪同，也不允許在房間里招待男性。
VERB
考慮，心存，懷有（主意、建議等）
If you entertain an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously.
例句
I feel how foolish I am to entertain doubts...我竟然心存懷疑，真是太愚蠢了。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。
英漢詞典釋義
vt. & vi.
款待, 招待
They entertain a great deal.他們常常招待客人。He entertains his guest very poorly.他對客人很怠慢。
vt.
使歡樂, 使娛樂
A circus show entertains children.馬戲表演使孩子們興高采烈。
抱有, 考慮
They entertained a firm belief in final victory.他們對最后勝利抱有堅定信心。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. provide entertainment for
2. take into consideration, have in view;
"He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
3. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings);
"bear a grudge""entertain interesting notions""harbor a resentment"