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the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy 逗樂的；有趣的；使人快樂的 We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party. 我們在薩拉的聚會上玩得很開心。 Sailing is good fun. 帆船運動很有樂趣。 It was great fun! You should have come too. 非常有趣！你也應該來的。 That was the most fun I have had in years. 那是我多年來最開心的一次。 Have fun! (= Enjoy yourself) 盡情地玩吧！ ‘What fun!’ she said with a laugh. “真開心呀！” 她笑着說。 We won't let a bit of rain spoil our fun. 我們不會讓一丁點兒雨壞了興致。 - for fun
I decided to learn Spanish, just for fun. 我決定學西班牙語，只是爲了好玩。 I didn't do all that work just for the fun of it. 我做這一切並不僅僅是爲了好玩。 - it is fun doing something
It's not much fun going to a party on your own. 獨自一人參加聚會沒什麽意思。 It's no fun getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning. 在寒冷的雨天淩晨 4 點起床可不是件讓人開心的事。 Walking three miles in the pouring rain is not my idea of fun. 頂着傾盆大雨走三英裏路，我可不認爲是好玩的事。 The whole family can join in the fun at Water World. 全家人都可以參加水世界的娛樂活動。 ‘What do you say to a weekend in New York?’ ‘Sounds like fun.’ “在紐約度周末怎麽樣？” “聽起來很惬意。”
Synonyms funfun- pleasure
- (a) good time
- enjoyment
- (a) great time
- fun (rather informal
) the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy: 指享樂、樂趣、享樂的事： We had a lot of fun at Sarah’s party. 我們在薩拉的聚會上玩得很開心。 Sailing is good/great fun. 帆船運動很／極有樂趣。
- pleasure (rather formal
) the feeling of enjoying yourself or being satisfied: 指高興、快樂、愉快、滿意： Reading for pleasure and reading for study are not the same. 讀書以自娛和讀書以學習是不相同的。
- (a) good time (rather informal
) a time that you spend enjoying yourself: 指歡樂、愉快的時光： We had a good time in Spain. 我們在西班牙過得很愉快。
- enjoyment (rather formal
) the feeling of enjoying yourself: 指愉快、快樂、樂趣： I get a lot of enjoyment from music. 我從音樂中獲得很多樂趣。
pleasure or enjoyment? 用 pleasure 還是 enjoyment？ - (a) great time (rather informal
) a time that you spend enjoying yourself very much: 指非常歡樂、愉快的時光： We had a really great time together. 我們一起度過了非常快樂的時光。
- to do something for fun/pleasure/enjoyment
- great fun/pleasure/enjoyment
- to have fun/a good time/a great time
- to get pleasure/enjoyment from something
- to spoil the fun/somebody’s pleasure/somebody’s enjoyment
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1I write for fun, not because I expect to make money. 我寫作只是爲了其中的樂趣，不是爲了賺錢。 It was just plain fun. 純粹是好玩兒而已。 Must you take all the fun out of everything? 難道你非得把所有事情的樂趣給破壞了嗎？ She organized an annual fun day for local children. 她爲當地的兒童組織了一年一度的同樂日。 That's when the real fun started! 真正好玩兒的事情才剛開始呢！ The lottery provides harmless fun for millions. 彩票抽獎爲數百萬人提供無傷大雅的娛樂。 They took up motor racing just for the fun of it, rather than to win anything. 他們參加賽車只是覺得好玩，而不是爲了要赢什麽。 You're missing all the fun! 這一切好玩兒的事情，你全錯過了！ Some of the tourist entertainments may seem tacky, but they're all good, clean fun. 一些旅遊娛樂活動可能看起來俗氣，但它們都很好，非常有趣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- excellent
- good
- …
- be
- become
- get
- …
- day
- for fun
- in fun
- fun for
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- be no fun
- a bit of fun
- full of fun
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behaviour or activities that are not serious but are meant to be enjoyed 嬉戲；逗樂；玩笑 She's very lively and full of fun. 她很活潑，挺有趣的。 We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun. 我們並非有意要傷害他，只不過是開個玩笑罷了。 You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher. 要成爲好教師，你得要幽默風趣才行。 - in fun
It wasn't serious—it was all done in fun. 那不是認真的，全是鬧着玩的。
Synonyms entertainmententertainmentTopics Games and toysa1- fun
- recreation
- relaxation
- play
- pleasure
- amusement
- entertainment films, television, music, etc. used to entertain people:
There are three bars, with live entertainment seven nights a week. 有三家酒吧每周七個晚上都有現場文藝節目。
- fun (rather informal) behaviour or activities that are not serious but are meant to be enjoyed:
It wasn’t serious—it was all done in fun. 那不是認真的，全是鬧着玩的。 We didn’t mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun. 我們並非有意要傷害他，只不過是開個玩笑罷了。 The lottery provides harmless fun for millions. 彩票抽獎爲數百萬人提供無傷大雅的娛樂。
- recreation (rather formal) things people do for pleasure when they are not working:
His only form of recreation is playing football. 他唯一的娛樂就是踢足球。
- relaxation (rather formal
) things people do to rest and enjoy themselves when they are not working; the ability to relax: 指休閒活動、消遣： I go hill-walking for relaxation. 我要是想放鬆放鬆，就到山上走走。
recreation or relaxation? 用 recreation 還是 relaxation？ - play things that people, especially children, do for pleasure rather than as work:
the happy sounds of children at play 兒童嬉戲的歡鬧聲
- pleasure the activity of enjoying yourself, especially in contrast to working:
Are you in Paris for business or pleasure? 你來巴黎公幹還是遊玩？
- amusement the fact of being entertained by something:
What do you do for amusement round here? 你在這兒以什麽消遣？
- to do something for entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/pleasure/amusement
- to provide entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/amusement
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- excellent
- good
- …
- be
- become
- get
- …
- day
- for fun
- in fun
- fun for
- …
- be no fun
- a bit of fun
- full of fun
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Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with fond.
Idioms
be/become a figure of fun
to be/become somebody that other people laugh at 是嘲笑的對象；成爲笑柄
fun and games
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activities that are not serious and that other people may think are bad 嬉戲；歡鬧；尋歡作樂 Teaching isn't all fun and games, you know. 教學並非全是嬉戲和玩耍，你曉得吧。
make fun of somebody/something
to laugh at somebody/something or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way 嘲弄；取笑；拿…開玩笑
poke fun at somebody/something
to say unkind things about somebody/something in order to make other people laugh at them 拿…開心；奚落；嘲弄