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admire 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ədˈmī(ə)r/,
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admired, past participle; admires, 3rd person singular present; admiring, present participle; admired, past tense;
  1. Regard (an object, quality, or person) with respect or warm approval
    • - I admire your courage
    • - she couldn't help but notice his admiring glance
  2. Look at with pleasure
    • - we were just admiring your garden

  1. feel admiration for
  2. (admirable) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; "an estimable young professor"; "trains ran with admirable precision"; "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable"
  3. (admirable) inspiring admiration or approval; "among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness"
  4. (admiration) a feeling of delighted approval and liking
  5. (admiration) wonder: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  6. Admire is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. The population was 177 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
  7. To be amazed at; To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape
  8. (admiration) Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue; Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject
  9. (ADMIRATION) Affection, Desire, Friendship, Intimacy, Love, Loyalty, Obsession, Respect, Reverence, Romance, Self-respect, Warmth.
  10. (ADMIRATION) To dream that people are admiring and praising you means that your sweetheart or helpmate is true and sincerely devoted.
  11. (Admiration) (1) ignorance. (2) our polite recognition of someone else's resemblance to ourselves.
  12. (admiration) One of the steps in the attention-to-love model of energy/information flow.
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  14. (v): to wonder at, to regard with wonder. This is AD + the Latin verb mirari, meaning to wonder.
  15. To dream that you are an object of admiration, denotes that you will retain the love of former associates, though your position will take you above their circle.
  16. To look at something and enjoy it.