单词 | admiration |
释义 | admiration —admirative /ad muy"reuh tiv, ad'meuh ray"-/, adj. —admiratively, adv. /ad'meuh ray"sheuhn/, n. 1. a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval. 2. the act of looking on or contemplating with pleasure: admiration of fine paintings. 3. an object of wonder, pleasure, or approval: The dancer was the admiration of everyone. 4. Archaic. wonder; astonishment. [1400-50; late ME admiracion < L admiration (s. of admiratio). See ADMIRE, -ATION] Syn. 1. approval; esteem, regard; affection. Ant. 1. condemnation. |
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