vt. 消遣, 娱乐, 使发笑
Still, the only "new-to-me" topics that came to mind were my daughter's basketball tournament( 锦标赛) and my feelings about that morning's political headlines—neither amusing nor appropriate topics at that moment.
四级 · CET-4 2021年12月 第2套
As Neil Postman noted in his 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death, the rise of television introduced not just a new medium but a new discourse: a gradual shift from a typographic(印刷的) culture to a photographic one, which in turn meant a shift from rationality to emotions, exposition to entertainment.
六级 · CET-6 2021年12月 第2套