entertain

• He entertained him affably with news of the day or rather of ten days previous .
  他对他百般讨好，给他讲最近的新闻，或者不如说十天前的旧闻。
• Mrs. grantly entertained quite as strong an antagonism to mr. slope as did her husband .
  格伦雷太太对斯洛普先生怀有和丈夫几乎同样强烈的反感。
• Mr. pen, besides other drawbacks, chose to entertain an extreme diffidence about himself .
  潘先生，除了其他缺点外，对涉及他自己的事总是异常胆怯。
• Knowing their thoughts, jesus said "why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? "
  耶稣知道他们的心境，就说：“你们为什么心里怀着恶念呢？”
• She made reasonable progress, entertained for me a vivacious though perhaps not very profound affection .
  她有了适当的进步，对我怀着一种虽不很深却还热烈的爱。
• I remember very well, that you have entertained me for many years with airy questions of things .
  我记得很清楚，多年以来你曾用许多虚无飘渺的问题来为我消磨时间。
• He built his own hideaway where he could entertain his friends without his mother's supervision .
  他兴建了自己的隐居之地，他可以在那招待自己的朋友，而免受母亲的监视。
• When we got up to go, peter looked about in perplexity for something that would entertain us .
  当我们站起来准备要走时，彼得很为难地朝四处看看，想找样东西来给我们开开心。
• They were nevertheless so foolish that they entertained the delusion that it is possible to reason with demented persons .
  但他们竟愚蠢到抱着幻想，认为可以和那些疯人说理。