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单词 admire
释义
admire
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v

If you hold someone in high esteem or look up to someone, you admire that person. If you ask four-year-olds who they most admire, they are likely to list their mom, dad, and grandparents — or superheroes and comic book characters.
The verb admire also means to look at with wonder and pleasure. She stood on the balcony of her hotel for a long time, simply to admire the view of the ocean and the surf as it crashed against the rocks below. I admire the way she volunteers to help at the school and with other charities because she is willing to give her time to good causes.
WORD FAMILY
admire: admirable, admiration, admired, admirer, admires, admiring+/admirable: admirability, admirableness, admirablest, admirably/admiration: admirations/admirer: admirers/admiring: admiringly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Mills “carries low, like a woman carrying a baby low,” July told me, admiringly.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
The footballer is widely admired in the town, and the county generally, for supporting local projects and promoting his native town.
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
But he became much admired for developing a style that combined fingerpicking precision on the one hand with a commanding slide on the other.
Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)
1v feel admiration for
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
look up to
look down on
regard with contempt
envy
feel envious towards; admire enviously
esteem, prise, prize, respect, value
regard highly; think much of
2v look at with admiration
Hyper
look
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
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