amuse, entertain, interest, please

動詞 amuse:

1. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
   同義詞：divert, disport
2. make (somebody) laugh

1. The actors were really hamming it up to amuse the audience.
   這些演員為博觀眾一粲，表演得實在太過火了。
2. The boys amuse themselves by drawing caricatures of their teacher.
   男孩子們以畫老師的漫畫取樂。

a.muse

v.tr.（及物動詞）
a.mused,a.mus.ing,a.mus.es
To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.
娛樂，消遣：以愉快、歡樂或娛樂的方式占有
To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure.
逗樂，逗笑：通過娛樂而使大笑或微笑
Archaic To delude or deceive.
【古語】 哄騙，欺騙

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French amuser [to stupefy]
源自 古法語 amuser [使…目瞪口呆]
a- [to] from Latin ad- * see ad-
a- [到] 源自 拉丁語 ad- *參見 ad-
muser [to stare stupidly] * see muse
muser [呆呆地盯著] *參見 muse

【引伸】
amus.able
adj.（形容詞）
amus.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>amuse,entertain,divert,regaleThese verbs refer to actions that provide pleasure, especially as a means of passing time.
這些動詞指可提供快樂的行為，特別是作為消遣的方式。
Amuse, the least specific, implies directing the attention away from serious matters:
Amuse 意義最籠統(tǒng)，指把注意力從重要的事情上轉(zhuǎn)移開：
例句：
I amused myself with a game of solitaire.
我玩單人紙牌戲使自己放松。

Entertain suggests acts undertaken to furnish amusement:
Entertain 指進行某種活動增加快樂：
例句：
.They [timetables and catalogs] are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written. (W. Somerset Maugham).
.它們 比創(chuàng)作的半數(shù)小說更能使人得到娛樂. （薩默塞·毛姆）。

Divert implies distraction from worrisome thought or care:
Divert 指注意力從煩人的事情上轉(zhuǎn)移開：
例句：
.I had neither Friends or Books to divert me. (Richard Steele). To
.我既沒有朋友也沒有書籍讓我分心. （理查德·斯提爾）。

regale is to entertain with something enormously enjoyable:
regale 就是用非常有趣的事物來消遣：
例句：
.He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman. (David Rosenzweig).
.他喜歡講些他當記者時認識的許多名人的故事給朋友們消遣. （大衛(wèi)·羅森斯維格）