entertaining

entertaining — adjective

1. giving you a pleasant feeling of enjoyment or amusement while you watch, listen,

1.形容詞B1
釋義

giving you a pleasant feeling of enjoyment or amusement while you watch, listen, or take part in something

例句

Pedro's stand-up comedy show was highly entertaining — the audience laughed throughout.

collocation: highly entertaining

The documentary about sea turtles turned out to be surprisingly entertaining for the children.

adverb + entertaining: surprisingly entertaining

同義詞
  • amusing

    more focused on making people laugh; slightly lighter in tone

  • enjoyable

    broader meaning; covers anything that gives pleasure, not necessarily humorous

  • diverting

    more formal; emphasises pleasant distraction from daily concerns

反義詞
  • boring

    fails to hold attention or interest

  • tedious

    both dull and too long or repetitive

文法句型

entertaining + noun

be + entertaining

more/less entertaining than

用法筆記

Commonly modifies events, media, and experiences (a show, a film, an evening, a book). Can also describe people (an entertaining host, an entertaining speaker), but this is less frequent than describing the thing itself.

常見錯誤

❌The movie was very entertain.
✅The movie was very entertaining.
💡'entertain' is a verb; the adjective form takes the -ing suffix.

entertaining — noun