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 admire [əd'maiə]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 赞美, 钦佩, 爱慕

vi. 称赞, 惊奇


  1. She has many admirers.
    她有许多追求者。
  2. I am not a great admirer of her work.
    我对她的工作不太欣赏。
  3. You may not like him, but you have got to admire his persistence.
    你可以不喜欢他,但你不得不佩服他那种坚韧不拔的精神。


admire
[ verb ]
  1. feel admiration for

  2. <verb.emotion> look up to
  3. look at with admiration

  4. <verb.perception>


Admire \Ad*mire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Admiring}.] [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to
wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. ? to smile, Skr. smi, and E.
smile.]
1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with
surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]

Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
--Fuller.

2. 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.

Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. --Pope.

Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or
colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his
conduct.

Syn: To esteem; approve; delight in.


Admire \Ad*mire"\, v. i.
To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; --
sometimes with at.

To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself.
--Fuller.

  1. You all know and admire the clarity, generosity, grasp of plain science and the range of plantsmanship and gardens visited all over the world and written up to encourage us. Perhaps you are wondering why the angels needed so many phases for their purpose.
  2. If the West they so admire embraces the agents of oppression, then the people, who are already growing disillusioned with their democratic politicians, surrender to hopelessness.
  3. A straw poll of visitors to the Bung's grave shows that while all greatly admire Sukarno, most are Golkar voters.
  4. He also did not mute his criticism of such contemporaries as John Middleton Murray, Katherine Mansfield, and Richard Aldington; and his letters indicate that he did not admire Robert Frost, or the poet H.D., who were being widely praised at the time.
  5. We admire Mr. Baker's talents, and we'd suggest he move from the Treasury to the Bush campaign sooner rather than later.
  6. We don't profess to admire this tangle of ethics rules, but consider this affair from the perspective of someone in the executive branch.
  7. "In order for the program to be successful," she says, "it has to meet the needs of those who have been dealing with these issues all along." It's all a bit disconcerting for a visitor trying to admire the elegant rose bushes.
  8. We oppose Mr. Pepper but at least admire his honesty of purpose.
  9. "I worked around him and with him and I got to admire the guy," Bryant said. "He wasn't working for no personal gain, just to help people." These days, the Bryants are better off financially than they were during Jackson's 1984 visit.
  10. There must be many in her state, who follow the Christian practice, perhaps admire and enjoy the saga, certainly the ceremony, but mentally cross the fingers when saying the Creed.
  11. An American pauses to admire a typical store-front altar, and within seconds an older Malaysian man hobbles up and begins explaining local customs.
  12. I admire it but do not warm to it, alas.
  13. As we have said throughout, we admire the accomplishments of the people of Singapore, the PAP and former Prime Minister Lee.
  14. This sculpture could almost be a wind-eroded outcrop of rock. Cool marble is used for the chilly 'Narcissus' who peers into the water beneath the crook of his arm to admire his own reflection.
  15. During the dullest 'Erlkonig' that I have heard there was time to admire Johnson's slaying of the killer triplets in the piano part.
  16. Others say they admire his courage in getting back into the race.
  17. They see Ray Hunt as a man who plays his own hand of cards, and they admire that," he says.
  18. While there's much to admire, in short, the book's odd combination of sensitivity and slickness, of penetrating characterizations and passionless prose, ultimately makes it as exasperating as Martha herself.
  19. I admire girls like Pat Bradley, Beth Daniel and Patty Sheehan, who can be in contention week after week.
  20. Love left me." It is possible to admire the skill with which Ms. Gee establishes the electric passion that drives Christopher and Alexandra to gamble on living for love.
  21. Even allowing for widely divergent tastes, visitors cannot but admire the ingenuity and often audacity of the architects who have been given free rein with their creative talents. The Sheraton has clearly set out to impress.
  22. Many people in Tokyo admire Upjohn, which they expect to win Food and Drug Administration approval to market the hair-growing drug Rogaine.
  23. Some other bassists who won't talk for attribution don't admire his sound.
  24. In the latter, we see how much English artists had come to admire the technique of Jules Bastien Lepage. Something which may surprise any visitor brought up on cliches about Victorian morality is the Pre-Raphaelites' intensely eroticised view of women.
  25. But, he says, "It's something to admire from a distance rather than hear."
  26. The quality of leadership is something they like and admire. This is a referendum on him and a referendum he's winning." _ Ann Lewis, a Democratic strategist and informal adviser to the Jesse Jackson campaign, on Jackson's Michigan primary victory.
  27. Never tiring of flaunting his wealth, he decorated his Trump Tower triplex like a casino, then invited the world to admire his 80-foot-long living room, his 12-foot waterfall, his 24-carat-gold faucets and ceiling trim.
  28. Who used to admire the deft and elegant way she would slip into a more comfortable parity. Sum's office on Central's executive suite shared a connecting door with von Stabil's.
  29. Mr. Bowles had an eye for a fetching crocus: "I greatly admire a gourd-shaped Crocus," such as C. chrysanthus, with a real wasp waist.
  30. The Fujitsu employees have found plenty to admire in the way ICL is run.
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