1. 1讚賞的;欽佩的

    If you give someone an admiring look, your face or your words show that you think they are impressive, talented, or attractive. It is an adjective: it describes the look, the smile, the crowd, the tone. Warmer than just “interested,” lighter than worship. You can be admiring of a person, a skill, or even a building. Ordinary English, not especially formal. Though actually, students often land on the wrong twin: means “worthy of praise.” An person is the one being praised; an admiring person is the one doing the praising.

core核心畫面

組成admire + -ing — here an adjective, not only the verb’s -ing form.

同家族的字

  • admirethe verb this adjective comes from
  • admirationthe noun: the feeling you show when you are admiring
  • admirablerelated, but it describes the thing worth praising, not the person who is praising

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。

admiringadj/ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    Feeling or showing admiration.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:admiring.

admiringnoun/ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    admiration

    • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
    • We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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