Admire



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GRE 红宝书

• v. 钦佩, 赞赏
• [英] 钦佩, 赞赏(to regard with respect and satisfaction)
• [同] mirage (n.海市蜃楼)；miraculous(adj.奇迹般的)
• [反] abhor(.憎恶)
• [派] admirer(n.赞赏者)admirable(adj.令人钦佩的) admiration(n.赞赏)

Webster Collegiate

verb (admired; admiring)

• Etymology: Middle French admirer, to marvel at, from Latin admirari, from ad- + mirari to wonder, from mirus astonishing
• Date: 1560
• transitive verb
  • 1. to regard with admiration
  • 2. archaic to marvel at
• intransitive verb
  • dialect to like very much I would admire to know why not — A. H. Lewis
• Synonyms: see regard
• • admirer noun
• • admiringly adverb

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