amusement oor Xhosa

amusement

/əˈmjuːzmənt/, /əˈmjuzmənt/ naamwoord

(uncountable) Entertainment

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

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No matter what is depicted or from what point of view, the overarching presumption is that it is there for our amusement and pleasure.”
Enoba kuboniswa ntoni iboniswa njani na, eyona nto yenzelwe yona kukusihlekisa nokusiyolisa.”

An amusing situation illustrates the value of having literature in the Norwegian language.
Esi siganeko silandelayo sibonisa indlela ekwakubaluleke ngayo ukuba noncwadi ngolwimi lwesiNorway.

Many older children also eagerly seek amusement.
Nabantwana abaninzi abadadlana bafuna ukuzonwabisa.

Dramatic illustrations or amusing anecdotes, especially if overdone, may distract the audience from God’s Word and draw attention to the speaker’s own ability.
Imizekeliso ebaxiweyo okanye amabali ahlekisayo, ingakumbi xa esenziwa nokugqithiseleyo, asenokubangela abaphulaphuli banganikeli ngqalelo kwiLizwi likaThixo baze banikele ingqalelo kubuchule besithethi.

According to The Toronto Star, some opponents of video games feel that the games “discourage children from learning to amuse themselves with imagination, reading or other traditional pastimes, as well as tempting them away from school homework.”
Ngokutsho kweThe Toronto Star, bambi kwabayichasileyo imidlalo yevideo bavakalelwa kukuba le midlalo “ibenza abantwana bangabi namdla ekufundeni ukuzonwabisa ngezinto ezingabonakali zizezokwenene, ekufundeni iincwadi okanye ekuchitheni ixesha ngezinye iindlela eziqhelekileyo, ikwabahendela ekubeni bangawenzi umsebenzi wesikolo owenzelwa ekhaya.”

You might have found the description of the young Jesus by a Korean scholar, related in the preceding article, amusing.
Isenokuba iye yakuhlekisa indlela umphengululi waseKorea amchaze ngayo uYesu oselula kwinqaku elandulelayo.

Imagining such scenes may make some people feel concerned, while others may feel skeptical or even amused.
Lo mbono usenokubaxhalabisa abanye abantu, uze abanye ubenze basithandabuze isiphelo okanye basuke bahleke nje.

He made a number of these sorties, providing us with not a little amusement.”
Weza ngolu hlobo kaliqela, nto leyo eyasihlekisa gqitha.”

What, though, if single people send romantic signals to each other just for amusement?
Kuthekani ukuba abantu abangatshatanga babonisa iimpawu zothando omnye komnye ukwenzela nje ukuzonwabisa?

Adults stare in amused wonderment as youths pay top dollar for paraphernalia —such as platform shoes and bell- bottom pants— that seemingly had long since gone the way of disco music.
Abantu abakhulu baluthele nqa ulutsha njengoko luhlawula imali eninzi ngeempahla zalo—njengezihlangu ezinesoli ephakamileyo kunye neebhulukhwe ezinemilenze evuleke kakhulu emazantsi—ezibonakala ngathi zishiywe lixesha njengomculo wedisco.

Lost was a story “intensely amusing, entirely free from his usual . . . gloom.”
Waphulukana nebali “elihlekisayo ngokwenene, elingafaniyo konke konke namanye adla ngokuwabhala . . . adakumbisayo.”

A sincere smile indicates positive emotions, such as amusement, happiness, and pleasure.
Uncumo lokwenene lubonisa ukuba wonwabile.

There were other noises typical of the countryside, but to those in attendance, these were just an amusing serenade.
Kwakukho ingxolo yezinto ezahlukahlukeneyo zasemaphandleni, kodwa isitsho kamnandi kwabo babekuloo ndibano.

(Ephesians 5:28-33) How inappropriate it is for single people to send romantic signals to each other just for amusement!
(Efese 5:28-33) Akufanelekanga kwaphela ukuba abantu abangatshatanga babonise izimbo zothando nje bedlalisa.

“I got to the stage where I couldn’t pass an amusement arcade without going in to gamble on the fruit machines.”
Ndafikelela kwinqanaba apho ndandingenakudlula kwindawo yolonwabo ndingakhange ndiye kungcakaza koomatshini bokungcakaza.”

They will not reason that as long as they do not do these bad things, it is all right to be amused by them.
Abayi kuqiqa ngelithi lo gama nje bengazenzi ezi zinto zimbi, kulungile ukuziyolisa ngazo.

Not surprisingly, teenagers search for their own ways to amuse themselves in discos, video parlors, shopping centers, and the like.
Alimangalisi elokuba abakwishumi elivisayo bezifunela ezabo iindlela zokuzonwabisa kwiidisco, kwiindawo ezinemidlalo yevideo, kwiindawo ezineevenkile ezininzi nakwezinye iindawo ezinjalo.

Poole describes watching elephants draw the corners of their mouths in what she called a smile, wagging their heads in a manner suggesting amusement.
UPoole uchaza into awayibonayo njengoko wayebukela iindlovu zilungisa imilomo yazo ime ngendlela awayichaza ngokuthi luncumo, zishukumisa iintloko zazo ngendlela ebonisa ukuba kukho into ethile ehlekisayo.

18 Other suggestions that parents might consider are family excursions to the zoo, to amusement parks, to museums, and to other fascinating places.
18 Amanye amacebiso abazali abasenokuwaqwalasela kukukhupha intsapho iye kwimizi yogcino-zilwanyana, kwiindawo zokuzonwabisa ezinezinto zokudlala, kwiimyuziyam, nakwezinye iindawo ezichwayitisayo.

Marital spats are the topic of an endless stream of jokes and story lines of television programs, but the reality is far from amusing.
Ukuxhwithana kwezibini ezitshatileyo yinto yemihla ngemihla kwiziqhulo namabali angapheliyo eenkqubo zikamabonwakude, kodwa xa oko kusenzeka ngokwenene akubi yinto yokuhlekisa kwaphela.

Though times were hard for the refugees, there were some amusing moments.
Nangona kwakukubi kwiimbacu, ayekho amaxesha khe kuhlekwe.

Some may find it amusing—or even flattering.
Olunye lusenokuyifumanisa ihlekisa—okanye iyinto nje emyoli.

Violence, bloodshed, and sexual immorality were staged for the amusement of the populace, but the early Christians stayed away from such things.
Ezona zinto babesonwatyiswa ngazo abantu yayilugonyamelo, ukuphalazwa kwegazi nokuziphatha okubi, kodwa amaKristu okuqala acezela kude kwezo zinto.

Neil Postman, in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death, mentions another danger, saying: “The problem is not that television presents us with entertaining subject matter but that all subject matter is presented as entertaining . . .
UNeil Postman, uthetha ngenye ingozi kwincwadi yakhe ethi Amusing Ourselves to Death, esithi: “Ingxaki asikokuba umabonwakude usibonisa izinto ezisonwabisayo kodwa zonke ezi zinto zenziwa zihlekise . . .

4 “The amusements and diversion of the Israelites are not prominently portrayed in the Bible record.
4 “Ukuzonwabisa nokuziyolisa kwamaSirayeli akubalaseliswa kwingxelo yeBhayibhile.