喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˌædməˈreɪʃən/欽佩；讚賞

    a strong feeling of respect and liking for someone or something, because you think they are very good at what they do or because of what they have done.

    示範例句 · Example

    I have great admiration for my grandmother — she learned to swim when she was seventy.

    逐字我對我的祖母有很大的欽佩——她在七十歲的時候學會了游泳。

    admiration 是「看到別人很棒，心裡又佩服又喜歡」的那份感覺。它跟 respect 常常放在一起，但兩個的溫度不一樣：respect 可以很客氣、很冷靜（我尊重你的想法），admiration 通常還多一份喜歡，甚至有一點感動。它是不可數名詞，對象用 for（admiration for somebody），常說 have great admiration for、watch in admiration。可以想成 admiration 就像從動詞 admire（欣賞地看著）長出來的：眼睛先看見了很棒的事，心裡留下的那份感覺就是 admiration。

    常見搭配

    • admiration for somebody/something

      對某人／某事的欽佩

      the respect and liking you feel towards a person or thing

      Her admiration for her swimming coach grew every week.

    • have great/deep admiration for somebody

      非常佩服某人

      to respect and like someone very much

      I have deep admiration for teachers who make every child feel welcome.

    • watch / look in admiration

      帶著佩服的心情看著

      to watch someone with a feeling of respect and liking

      Sam looked at the finished painting in admiration.

    • express your admiration

      表達你的欽佩

      to say or write that you respect and like someone's work

      The head teacher expressed her admiration for the way the students helped each other.

    • win / earn somebody's admiration

      贏得某人的欽佩

      to do something that makes people respect and like you

      The young runner won everyone's admiration by helping a tired teammate finish.

    • be full of admiration for somebody

      對某人佩服得不得了

      to admire someone a lot

      I'm full of admiration for Terry — he practises every single day.

core核心畫面

Picture your eyes going up to someone. You have seen what they can do, or what they got through, and two things happen at once: you accept that it was not easy, and you warm to the person because of it. Admiration is those two things stuck together — heavier than liking, warmer than respect.

可以想成一種「抬頭看」的感覺：你看見某個人做出來的東西，或看見他撐過的事，心裡先是承認「這真的不簡單」，接著那份承認又帶上一點喜歡。admiration 就是這兩樣黏在一起——比單純的喜歡多了分量，比冷冷的尊敬多了溫度。對象不一定是人，一件作品、一段風景也可以讓你產生這種感覺。

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

admirationnoun/ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

  • 1

    A positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a hero or role model.

    • admiration of a war hero
    • They looked at the landscape in admiration.
  • 2

    obsoleteWondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).

    • Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman? Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour Of other your new pranks.
    • And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
  • 3

    obsoleteCause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.

    • Now, good Lafeu, Bring in the admiration; that we with thee May spend our wonder too, or take off thine By wondering how thou took’st it.

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