Before she grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly.
哈丽特姑妈年轻时，喜欢大摆宴席，招待宾客。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 49 The ideal servant

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

entertain [,ɛntɚ'ten] 词频2 词根: enter
vt. 热情款待;使有兴趣;抱着，怀有;考虑; vi. 热情款待;
💡 enter在中间+tain握住→在工作中间拿 → 招待；娱乐
"She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs."
她不得不款待当地一些无聊的大人物。
近义：regale, cater, court, feast, fete, host 反义：overfatigue, overtire, overwork, pall, spend, tucker
aunt [ænt] 词频1
n. 阿姨;姨母，姑妈;舅妈;婶娘;
💡 aunt发音=ant: 姨妈反过来读就是蚂蚁 蚂蚁（ant）中也有（u） 阿姨
"My aunt lives in Canada."
我的姑母住在加拿大。
近义：auntie, aunty
used [just] 词频2 词根: 使用
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的; v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词）;常常，经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed 反义：unused, unworn
lavishly [['læviʃli]] 词频5
adv. 浪费地, 丰富地
近义：magnificently, ostentatiously, pompously, profusely, radiantly, resplendently
grew [[gru:]] 词频1
grow的过去式

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty.
但每年还要派狗到雪山地里去帮助那些遇到困难的旅游者，
The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.
维拉萨诺大桥由奥斯马。阿曼设计，连结着布鲁克林与斯塔顿岛，
The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.
社会上的情况就是如此，技术是必须付钱去买的，就像在商店里要花钱买商品一样。
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on were we have been brought up.
我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑，很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。
There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.
我带着一种胜利者的调子告诉他那趟车白纸黑字。明明白白印在时刻表上。
While the five babies were babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in hospital nursery,
眼下，五胞胎还静静地躺在医院婴儿室的氧气帐里，