36 After making a racist joke, the host apologized that it was never her intent to______ anyone.
(A) entertain
(B) defend
(C) soothe
(D) offend

After making a racist joke, the host apologized that it was never her intent to offend anyone.

主持人開了種族主義的玩笑後,他道歉表示從沒有意圖去冒犯任何人。

After making a racist joke, the host apologized that it was never her intent to offend anyone

racist r'esɪst  種族主義者

host  h'ost  主人,東道主,節目主持人(v.)主持,主辦,款待 ; 主機

intent ɪnt'ɛnt 目的,意圖,意義,含義(a.)熱心的,專心致志的

;先想到tent  /t'ɛnt/帳篷,天幕,住處,塞條,塞子(vi.)住帳蓬,宿營,暫時居住(vt.)用帳篷遮蓋

offend əf'ɛnd  (vt.)(vi.)犯罪,冒犯,違反

entertain  ,ɛntɚt'en (vt.)招待,款待;使歡樂,使娛樂(vi.)款待,請客

defend dɪf'ɛnd (vt.)防守,保衛;為…辯護,為…答辯

soothe s'uð  (vt.)緩和,使安靜,安慰,奉承(vi.)起安慰作用

After making a racist joke, the host apologized
that it was never her intentto offendanyone.
在開了一個種族主義笑話後，主持人道歉說她從來沒有打算冒犯任何人。

(1)    intent 打算

       It was not his intent to hurt anyone.

(2)    offend

      冒犯：upset

       I think she was offended that she hadn't been invited to the party.

      犯罪，違法：commit crime

      Obviously if a police officer offends it's a fairly serious matter.

        a)       entertain

                招待：invite

                We entertain a lot of people,
                mainly business associates of my wife's.

                使快樂：amuse
                to keep a group of people interested or 
                 enjoying themselves

                We hired a magician to entertain the children.

                心存：think about

                The General refused to entertain the possibility of defeat.

        b)      defend 保衛, 捍衛, 保護

        c)       soothe 緩和

                to soothe a crying baby

參考來源：劍橋辭典 Cambridge Dictionary