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单词 endear
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(ɪndɪəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense endears, present participle endearing, past tense, past participle endeared
verb
If something endears you to someone or if you endear yourself to them, you become popular with them and well liked by them.
Their taste for gambling has endeared them to Las Vegas casino owners. [VERB noun + to]
He has endeared himself to the American public. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to]
Synonyms: attract, draw, bind, engage More Synonyms of endear

endear in British English

(ɪnˈdɪə)
verb
(transitive)
to cause to be beloved or esteemed

endear in American English

(ɛnˈdɪr; ɪnˈdɪr)
verb transitive
to make dear, beloved, or well liked
to endear oneself by acts of generosity

Examples of 'endear' in a sentence
endear

So it's rather endearing to find that she's as insecure as the rest of us.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This does not always endear him to his colleagues.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet there is something undeniably endearing about his reminiscences.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is no romance or endearing quality about that.
The Sun (2011)
His stories of past friends were always endearing but told with a dignified but abiding relish.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is something endearing about how hard he tries to mould himself into something else.
The Sun (2009)
But excellence is not always an endearing quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But his size has not always endeared him to loved ones.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
About some of his work there lingers a not always endearing air of the ridiculous.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
These rather endearing personality traits would not be worth mentioning if he had not decided he should be running the country.
The Sun (2008)
There is something endearing about him.
The Sun (2006)
Not very cool, but quite endearing.
The Sun (2013)
He has a rather endearing habit of referring to Wag!
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is also something endearing about the way she is instinctively protective of WAGs.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With celebrity came the first signs of his eccentric behaviour, which was not always endearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There's something endearing about his cultural reference points.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
 Hardly the most endearing behaviour.
The Sun (2014)
I found it all rather endearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's quite endearing, but at the same time slightly worrying.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And there's one other rather endearing regret, his only sign of vanity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And around town, on a sunny day, it was an unusual and rather endearing alternative to the hatchback norm.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)

In other languages
endear

British English: endear VERB
If something endears you to someone or if you endear yourself to them, you become popular with them and well liked by them.
Their taste for gambling has endeared them to the casino owners.
  • American English: endear
  • Brazilian Portuguese: encarecer
  • Chinese: 使受欢迎
  • European Spanish: ganarse el cariño
  • French: faire apprécier
  • German: beliebt machen
  • Italian: far benvolere
  • Japanese: 慕わせる
  • Korean: ~에게 사랑받게 하다
  • European Portuguese: encarecer
  • Latin American Spanish: ganarse el cariño

(verb) 
Definition
to cause to be liked
Her behaviour did not endear her to her colleagues.
Synonyms
attract
Summer attracts visitors to the countryside.
draw
The game is currently drawing huge crowds
bind
Bind the ends of the card together with thread.
engage
He engaged us with tales of his adventures.
charm
My sister charms everyone she meets.
attach
Attach labels to things before you file them away.
win
incline
captivate
I was captivated by her sparkling personality.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of attach
Definition
to join, fasten, or connect
Attach labels to things before you file them away.
Synonyms
affix,
stick,
secure,
bind,
unite,
add,
join,
couple,
link,
tie,
fix,
connect,
lash,
glue,
adhere,
fasten,
annex,
truss,
yoke,
append (formal),
make fast,
cohere,
subjoin,
bootstrap to
in the sense of bind
Definition
to make secure, such as with a rope
Bind the ends of the card together with thread.
Synonyms
tie,
unite,
join,
stick,
secure,
attach,
wrap,
rope,
knot,
strap,
lash,
glue,
tie up,
hitch,
paste,
fasten,
truss,
make fast
in the sense of captivate
Definition
to attract and hold the attention of
I was captivated by her sparkling personality.
Synonyms
charm,
attract,
fascinate,
absorb,
entrance,
dazzle,
seduce,
enchant,
enthral,
beguile,
allure,
bewitch,
ravish,
enslave,
mesmerize,
ensnare,
hypnotize,
enrapture,
sweep off your feet,
enamour,
infatuate

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