英语词汇“adore”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINadore

Origin:

1300-1400 French adorer, from Latin adorare, from ad- ‘to’ + orare ‘to speak, pray’

VERB TABLE

adore

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	adore
	he, she, it	adores
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	adored
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have adored
	he, she, it	has adored
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had adored
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will adore
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have adored

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

As a child, I adored fairy tales.
Branwell Bronte adored his sister Anne.
She adores her grandchildren and is always buying them presents.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Her husband, whom she adored, confessed that he had been seeing other women.
I adore it in the early mornings, when the sun is still behind the hill.
I adored them and they me.
It originates in childhood when anyone under ten is adored beyond measure.
She adored poetry, all poetry.
Yes, I can adore women.

THESAURUS► love

to like someone very much and care a lot about them – used especially about people in your family or someone who you are sexually attracted to: · I love my wife and children very much.· Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not really meant it?

► adore

to love and admire someone very much: · When she was a child she adored her father.

► be in love (with somebody)

to feel that you love someone and want to have a romantic relationship with them: · We were both young and very much in love.· Karen was in love with a man who was much older than her.

► be infatuated with somebody

to love someone a lot and keep thinking about them, in a way that seems silly because you do not know them very well: · He became infatuated with a woman he met at a conference.

► have a crush on somebody

to love and be sexually attracted to someone you are not having a relationship with, usually someone older: · Jane had a crush on the German teacher.

► be crazy about somebody

informal to love someone very much – used for emphasis: · She’s crazy about you.

► be devoted to somebody

to love someone very much and give them a lot of attention: · He was devoted to his wife and his children.

► dote on somebody

written to love someone very much, especially a much younger family member, and behave very kindly to them: · He dotes on his grandchildren.

to like something very much► love/adore

to like something very much. Adore is stronger than love but is less common: · I love the smell of coffee.· The children absolutely adore her books.

► be crazy about something

(also be mad about something British English informal) to be extremely interested in an activity and spend a lot of time doing it or watching it: · Jonah’s crazy about basketball.· She’s always been mad about horses.

► have a passion for something

to like an activity very much, because it gives you a lot of pleasure or excitement: · From a very early age he had a passion for fast cars.· To be a great performer, you have to work very hard and have a passion for the music you play.

► be addicted to something

to like doing something so much that you spend all your free time doing it: · My son’s addicted to computer games – he hardly ever comes out of his room.· I started watching the show out of curiosity, but now I’m addicted!

Longman Language Activatorto like something very much► love/adore

especially spoken to like something very much. Adore is stronger but less common than love: · We had a great time at Disneyland. The kids loved it.· I adore chocolate -- I could live on it.love/adore doing something: · The older men loved hearing about Russ's success on the football field.· Jessie adored being the centre of attention.

► be crazy about

also be mad about something British informal to be extremely interested in an activity and spend a lot of time doing it or watching it: · Jonah's crazy about basketball.· She's always been mad about horses.

► be attached to

to like something very much, especially something that you own or use, so that you would be upset if you lost it: · Mom gets very attached to her pets.· Casey had become quite attached to the comforts of his London home.

► have a passion for

► be addicted to

to enjoy doing something so much that you do it, watch it etc as often as you can and feel that you cannot stop doing it: · My son's addicted to computer games - he hardly ever comes out of his room.be addicted: · I started watching the show out of curiosity, but now I'm addicted!

to like someone a lot and care about them► love

to love someone in your family, so that you care a lot about what happens to them, and you want them to be happy: · I really believed that my parents didn't love me.· He loved his stepdaughter as if she were his own child.

► close

if people are close , they enjoy being together and they know and understand each other's feelings and thoughts: · My sister and I used to argue a lot, but now we're very close.· We have always been a close family.close to: · I'm still very close to my parents.

► be fond of

to like someone very much, especially after spending a long time with them and getting to know them: · I'm very fond of my sister's children.· All teachers have children that they are particularly fond of.· We were all very fond of Mr Edwards.

► care

to feel love and concern for someone: · She thinks we're interfering but we're only doing it because we care.· Buy her some flowers to show her you really care.care about: · I'm very lucky to have a husband, family and friends who care about me.· Of course I care about Kirsty - that's why I want to help her.

► adore

to love someone very much and feel proud of them: · Branwell Bronte adored his sister Anne.· She adores her grandchildren and is always buying them presents.

► worship

to love and admire someone very much: · He worshipped his elder brother.worship the ground somebody walks on (=love someone very much, even if they behave badly): · In Susie's eyes he can do no wrong - she worships the ground he walks on.

► be devoted to

to love someone very much and be very loyal to them or spend all your time with them: · He is a good man, devoted to his wife and children.

► dote on

to love someone, especially someone younger than you, very much and show this by your actions: · He'd do anything for his children - he really dotes on them.· She obviously dotes on her grandson.· You should visit your aunt more often, you know how she dotes on you all.

► think the world of

to love and respect someone so much that they are very important in your life: · We all thought the world of Isaac and were devastated when he died.· He thinks the world of his uncle.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► man

· Whatever her shape, the men adored her.· In describing the life of a man so widely adored and reviled, a little moderation is just what's needed.

► woman

· Another woman might adore helpless, cuddly babies but find the activity and demands of toddlers nerve-wracking.· I told myself that some one like Gharr imagine that all women adored him.· Unfortunately, she was also one of those women born to be adored by men.