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entertain
英 [entə'teɪn]美 [,ɛntɚ'ten]
vt. 娛樂；招待；懷抱；容納
vi. 款待
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記憶方法
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. 因此這裏的enter-前綴應該說還含有“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. 進入一種拿在手裏玩的狀態.
中文詞源
entertain 招待
enter-, 更裏面，中間。-tain, 握，維持，詞源同contain, tenable. 即招待客人，維持客戶。
英語詞源
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.
權威例句
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.
邁克爾走下病牀去招待客人。
4. She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs.
她不得不款待當地一些無聊的大人物。
5. The television programme is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.
這個電視節目不僅是爲了娛樂而且是爲了教育而設計的.
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