詞彙精選：amuse的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
逗笑，逗樂 [T]
例句：
When my husband looks unhappy, my little daughter often acts out jokes and tries to amuse him.
當我丈夫不高興的時候，我的小女兒經常講一些笑話設法把他逗樂。
例句：
Only lively lectures can amuse and impress students.
只有活潑生動的講課才能把學生逗樂並給他們留下印象。
娛樂，消遣 [T]
例句：
They may also amuse themselves in the magnificent Workers Palace of Culture.
他們也可以在富麗堂皇的工人文化宮裏消遣娛樂。
例句：
The remaining five were left to amuse each other, and Emma did not find that they succeeded in doing so very well.
其餘五個人彼此聊天消遣，愛瑪覺得她們不大談得起來。
二、詞義辨析：
amuse,entertain,interest,please
這些動詞均含有“使人娛樂，消遣”之意。amuse指使人通過注意某些有趣或悅人的事物而消遣，着重使人愉快的效果。entertain指通過給他人快樂感的消遣活動，使自己或他人從單調中解脫出來。interest普通用詞，指出於任何原因使人興奮或對某事物保持好奇心或注意力，側重引起興趣或注意。please多指願望、興趣得到滿足後產生的強烈滿意情緒。
三、參考例句：
I amuse myself by reading on weekends.
週末我讀書消遣。
The thought seemed to amuse him.
這種想法好像把他逗樂了。
It is not always easy to amuse oneself on holiday.
讓自己在假期裏自娛並不總是容易的。
Only lively lectures can amuse and impress students.
只有活潑生動的講課才能把學生逗樂並給他們留下印象。
Only lively lectures can amuse and impress students.
只有活潑生動的講課才能把學生逗樂並給他們留下印象。
He made funny faces to amuse the children.
他做了很多鬼臉來讓孩子們開心。
We don't have to fart to amuse ourselves.
我們沒必要去用放屁來尋開心。
A clown's job is to amuse the spectators.
小丑的工作就是娛樂觀衆。
Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother.
湯姆編故事逗他的小弟弟。
She made funny faces to amuse the children.
她做鬼臉逗孩子們開心。
