entertaining
entertaining — 形容詞
1. giving you a pleasant feeling of enjoyment or amusement while you watch, listen,
有趣的
令人感到愉快好玩的
giving you a pleasant feeling of enjoyment or amusement while you watch, listen, or take part in something
Pedro's stand-up comedy show was highly entertaining — the audience laughed throughout.
Pedro 的脫口秀表演非常有趣——觀眾從頭笑到尾。
collocation: highly entertaining
The documentary about sea turtles turned out to be surprisingly entertaining for the children.
那部關於海龜的紀錄片對孩子們來說意外地有趣。
adverb + entertaining: surprisingly entertaining
Tamar found the board game entertaining enough to play three rounds in a row.
Tamar 覺得那款桌遊好玩到連玩了三次。
Nia said the novel was more entertaining than the film adaptation.
Nia 說這本小說比改編的電影更有趣。
What made the evening so entertaining was the lively conversation among old friends.
讓那個晚上如此愉快的是老友之間熱絡的談話。
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
entertaining — 名詞
1. the practice of welcoming people into your home as guests and providing them wit
待客;招待
在家中接待客人並提供餐飲的活動
the practice of welcoming people into your home as guests and providing them with food, drinks, and social activities
Lukas does a lot of formal entertaining for his business clients at his apartment.
Lukas 常在他的公寓裡為商業客戶舉辦正式的招待活動。
collocation: formal entertaining
The couple spent the whole weekend preparing for the holiday entertaining.
那對夫妻花了整個週末準備假日的待客事宜。
collocation: holiday entertaining
Good entertaining requires planning the menu and preparing the drinks ahead of time.
好的待客之道需要提前規劃菜單和準備飲料。
Defne learned the art of entertaining from her grandmother, who loved hosting dinner parties.
Defne 從熱愛舉辦晚宴派對的祖母身上學會了待客之道。
- hospitality
broader concept that includes attitude, generosity, and service toward guests
- hosting
more general; can apply to events, TV shows, or websites, not just home entertaining
文法句型
entertaining as subject
adjective + entertaining (formal entertaining)
the art of + entertaining
用法筆記
The noun is uncountable, so it has no plural form and does not take the article a/an. It refers specifically to social hosting in a home setting, not to professional entertainment or public events.