| 词汇 | adore |
| 释义 | adoreWord family adjectiveadorableadoringnounadorablenessadorationadoreradverbadorablyadoringlyverbadore a·dore /əˈdɔː $ əˈdɔːr/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] 1 LOVEto love someone very much and feel very proud of them 深爱；敬慕，爱慕 Betty adores her grandchildren. ► see thesaurus at love 贝蒂非常宠爱孙辈。 2 informalLIKE somebody OR something to like something very much 非常喜欢〔某物〕 I simply adore chocolate. ► see thesaurus at like 我简直太喜欢巧克力了。 n GRAMMAR: Using the progressive Adore is not used in the progressive. You say: He adores his students. I adore your cake. ✗Don’t say: he is adoring | I am adoringExamples from the Corpus adore• It originates in childhood when anyone under ten is adored beyond measure.• Her husband, whom she adored, confessed that he had been seeing other women.• As a child, I adored fairy tales.• She adores her grandchildren and is always buying them presents.• Branwell Bronte adored his sister Anne.• I adore it in the early mornings, when the sun is still behind the hill.• She adored poetry, all poetry.• I adored them and they me.• Yes, I can adore women. (1300-1400) French adorer, from Latin adorare, from ad- “to” + orare “to speak, pray” |
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