v.娱乐；使有兴趣；招待；考虑；抱有；容纳
We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。
I like to entertain friends with music and refreshments at home. 我喜欢在家里用音乐和茶点招待朋友。
It was futile to entertain such a question. 考虑这样一个问题是没有用的。
I have never entertained any illusions about him. 我从来没有对他抱过幻想。
The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality. 人类的灵魂是能够容纳一切的，它毫不偏袒地接受互相对立的感情和互相矛盾的意见。
entertain的基本意思是“款待”,指提供饭菜或某项服务或其他物品而使某人高兴,可引申为“(使)欢乐”“(使)娱乐”。
entertain可用作及物动词或不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后可接代词、名词作简单宾语。可用于被动结构。
entertain引申可作“抱有,考虑”解,后可接建议、想法、事业心等作宾语。
