| 单词 | entertain an idea/hope/thought etc |
| 释义 | entertain an idea/hope/thought etcentertain an idea/hope/thought etc formalTHINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT to consider an idea etc, or allow yourself to think that something might happen or be true 怀有某种想法/希望/看法等 She could never entertain the idea of living in the country. 她绝不可能有住到乡下去的想法。 Examples from the Corpus entertain an idea/hope/thought etc• He had entertained thoughts of marrying her and raising a family, but he entered the Society instead.• Most significantly on my sense of a distant but still valid national identity-until then I had entertained hopes of return. → entertain an idea/hope/thought etc at entertain(1) |
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