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They go, "Well, he's certainly not dumb enough to stab himself through the skin to entertain us for a few minutes. "

会想说，「嗯，他还没蠢到刺穿自己的皮肤，只为了娱乐我们几分钟」。

Many progressive, westernized Albanians had continued to entertain hopes for a rational settlement of the crisis.

许多改良派的、西化的阿尔巴尼亚人原本一直抱有危机会理性化解的希望。

It was much to ponder over, and sufficed to entertain her for more than a year without becoming stale.

可琢磨的东西很多，足够她欣赏个一年半载也不会感到乏味。

Nothing was required of him on this ship save to entertain his guest.

他唯一的职责就是招待客人。

However, the villagers did not begrudge them the best out of things to entertain us in the most sincere smile to greet the arrival of us.

然而，村民却毫不吝惜的拿出他们最好的东西来招待我们，以最真诚的笑容迎接我们的到来。

On my visit to China in May, I met with leaders who, until recently, had not been willing to entertain this discussion.

在我五月访华期间，我会见了一些始终不愿安排有关减排问题讨论会的官员。

I never was so long in company with a girl in my life, trying to entertain her, and succeed so ill!

我还从没和一个姑娘在一起待这么长时间——想讨她欢心——却碰了一鼻子灰！

We therefore regret we are unable to entertain any liability in the matter.

因此，我们对此事实在无法负任何责任，甚为抱歉。

They idle away all day and try to entertain themselves to ease up the stress and unpleasantness.

他们整日无所事事，试图以娱乐的方式来减轻自己的压力和不愉快。

Rio, which had just taken on its current chief executive, Tom Albanese, was loth to entertain an offer from its archrival.

当时，力拓刚刚雇佣了现任的行政总裁，汤姆•阿尔巴内塞。力拓不情愿接受来自主要竞争对手的并购报价。

At school, he began to entertain his friends by imitating his silent screen hero, Charlie Chaplin.

上学期间，他开始通过模仿心目中无声电影的银幕英雄——查理·卓别林来为朋友们带去欢乐。

They were here, and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained.

她们坐在这里，应酬汤姆和我，只不过是客客气气地尽力款待客人或者接受款待。

Some women seem to be able to entertain everybody but their husband.

有些女人似乎能够使任何人愉快，自己的丈夫除外。

What Friends Say: Friends seem to enjoy our space. We like to entertain and we get compliments on how well the house is set up for that.

朋友都说些啥：朋友似乎都很喜欢这里，我们在这里玩乐，也会听到一些抱怨，说这里怎么能这么适合玩啊。

Certainly, such a man would have done well not to entertain any political opinions.

当然，象他那样的人最好是没有政治见解。

But I also like to entertain the possibility that this optimum carries a resonance even beyond the flux of history.

但是我也觉得用这种最佳选择能够有超越历史的力量。

There are few other indoor spaces, she said, where she can entertain the children free on an oppressive summer afternoon.

“很少有像这样的室内空间，”她说，“可以让孩子们在闷热的夏日午后自由玩耍。”

The kids seemed bored silly, and if it took a goofy foreigner to entertain them, I was prepared to be that person.

孩子们看来是呆的无聊透了。假如需要一个傻乎乎的外国人来逗他们玩，我愿意做那个人。

It's better than trying to entertain Jesus and his disciples with conversation, and it's even better than preparing the meal.

比起努力招呼耶稣和祂的门徒，比起努力预备晚膳，这件差事美好得多了。

If you can entertain installment payment on deferred terms, we would be in a position to place orders with you for these goods.

如果你们能接受延期条件的分期付款，我们将向你方订购这些货物。