Entertaining

(adj.) agreeably diverting; 'an entertaining puppet show'; 'films should be entertaining' .

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• I saw the word, and am curious to know how it could be so very entertaining to the one, and so very distressing to the other. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But sometimes of an evening, before we went to cards, he would read something aloud out of the Elegant Extracts, very entertaining. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The people here live in alleys two yards wide, which have a smell about them which is peculiar but not entertaining. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But, he intimated that when she came home he should hope to have the pleasure of entertaining me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He sat entertaining them with his finest compliments, and his choicest conversation; but he conveyed to them, all the time, 'No, no, no, dear ladies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• When the strange idea flashed across her that his words had reference to himself, she was incredulous, and ashamed of entertaining it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Hows'ever,' said he, 'this isn't entertaining to Miss Bella. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Fred is very entertaining, and is altogether the most agreeable young man I ever knew--except Laurie, whose manners are more charming. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We forgive them for entertaining such notions, but forbid their practice. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Eugene Wrayburn looked on at him, as if he found him beginning to be rather an entertaining study. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• What a number of them he had; and what a noble way of entertaining them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• After entertaining company, when dinner was over he would go out to correct any negligence in the service with a leather thong. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When I found myself on my feet, I looked about me, and must confess I never beheld a more entertaining prospect. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• But aside from the disappearance of those entertaining puppets, all else is gain in the creation of this new art. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I have very strong reasons indeed, for entertaining that wish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Singular and entertaining combination, sir, your friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We made a pleasant journey down into Lincolnshire by the coach and had an entertaining companion in Mr. Skimpole. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Your experience has been a most entertaining one, remarked Holmes as his client paused and refreshed his memory with a huge pinch of snuff. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Your conversation is most entertaining, said he. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He had two or three reasons for entertaining a faint partiality to that gentleman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• However, the event showed me I was a fool for entertaining a sense even of surprise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• After all,' said Mr. Pickwick, as he drained the last drop, 'his pranks are really very amusing; very entertaining indeed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There is also in late years a great variety of entertaining and instructive apparatus in photography, and improvements in the stereopticon and magic lantern. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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