| 单词 | fond |
| 释义 | fond (fɒnd ) Word forms: fonder , fondest 1. adjective B1+ If you are fond of someone, you feel affection for them. I am very fond of Michael. [+ of] She was especially fond of a little girl named Betsy. [+ of] fondness uncountable noun ...a great fondness for children. [+ for] Synonyms: devotion, love, affection, warmth 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use fond to describe people or their behaviour when they show affection. ...a fond father. He gave him a fond smile. Synonyms: loving, caring, warm, devoted fondly adverb [ADVERB after verb] Liz saw their eyes meet fondly across the table. Synonyms: unrealistically, stupidly, vainly, foolishly Synonyms: lovingly, tenderly, affectionately, amorously 3. adjective B1+ If you are fond of something, you like it or you like doing it very much. He was fond of marmalade. [+ of] She is fond of collecting rare carpets. [+ of] fondness uncountable noun I've always had a fondness for jewels. [+ for] ...his fondness for cooking. Synonyms: liking, love, taste, fancy 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If you have fond memories of someone or something, you remember them with pleasure. I have very fond memories of living in our village. fondly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 My dad took us there when I was about four and I remembered it fondly. Synonyms: unrealistically, stupidly, vainly, foolishly 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use fond to describe hopes, wishes, or beliefs which you think are foolish because they seem unlikely to be fulfilled. My fond hope is that we will be ready by Christmastime. Synonyms: unrealistic, empty, naive, vain fondly adverb [ADVERB with verb] I fondly imagined that surgery meant a few stitches and an overnight stay in hospital. Synonyms: unrealistically, stupidly, vainly, foolishly Collocations: fond hope In all the decades of fond hope and odyssey, there have been just four winning series. Times, Sunday Times On the contrary we should demand more of it, in the fond hope that it gets a lot better. Times, Sunday Times Fond hopes that the government might honour its promises after pocketing our national insurance contributions are being dashed. Times, Sunday Times The play has no reference to any prince of course, and act after act comes and goes with her rehearsing her line in fond hope, but her cue never comes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fond hopes of the racecourses and horsemen forming an alliance at the head of a coherent chain of command are consequently jeopardised. Times, Sunday Times Just a fond memory of a bygone time? The Sun (2014) My fond memory was talking about growing runner beans in a jam jar. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The other part thinks fond memory of brilliance is best. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 喜爱的 Japanese: 好んで |
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