vt. & vi.赞赏；钦佩 look at sth with pleasure; think that sth is good; regard with pleasure, surprise and approbation; have a high regard for

　～ beauty of...　赞赏…的美
　～ flowers and grass　赞美花草
　～ new car　赞赏新车
　～ pictures　赞赏图画
　～ poems　赞赏诗
　～ sb's capability　赞赏某人的能力
　～ sb's cleverness　赞赏某人的聪明
　～ sb's courage　赞赏某人的勇气
　～ sb's dog　赞赏某人的狗
　～ sb's frankness　赞赏某人的坦率
　～ sb's integrity　赞赏某人的正直
　～ sb's learning　羡慕某人的学问
　～ sb's persistence　赞赏某人的坚韧不拔
　～ sb's works　赞赏某人的作品
　～ the buildings　赞赏那建筑物
　～ the policeman　赞赏那警察
　～ long　长久地赞扬
　～ (very) much　非常钦佩
　～ deeply　深深地羡慕
　～ extravagantly　大肆地赞扬
　～ ignorantly　无知地钦佩
　～ perpetually　永久地欣赏
　～ sincerely　真诚地赞赏
　～ usually　经常欣赏
　～ wholeheartedly　全心全意地赞美

　He is a man of integrity. We all admire him.　他是一个正直的人，我们都敬佩他。
　Only John admires his brother.　只有约翰夸奖他的弟弟。
　The worker operated the machine expertly; we admired him greatly.　那位工人操纵机器很熟练，我们对他很钦佩。
　"Charming!" he admired the roses in the garden.　“多迷人啊！”他赞美园中的玫瑰花。
　The guests admired the beautiful blooms in the garden of their hostess.　客人们很喜欢女主人花园里那些美丽的花卉。
　Visitors to our city always admire the beautiful buildings.　来本市参观的人都很欣赏这些美丽的建筑。
　I admire this beautiful picture.　我赞赏这幅美丽的图画。
　They admired the beauty of the garden.　他们对那美丽的花园赞赏不已。
　He was admiring my new car.　他对我的新车赞不绝口。
　He much admires your poems.　他非常欣赏你的诗。
　He was a brave and cheerful man. We all admire his courage.　他是一个勇敢、快乐的人，我们都很佩服他的勇气。
　We admire his learning.　我们羡慕他的学问。
　I admire his view.　我赞赏他的观点。
　We all admire her sense of humour.　我们都赞赏她的幽默感。
　The secretaries all deeply admired the depth of their leader's knowledge.　他们都深深敬佩他们的领导知识渊博。
　You may not like him, but you've got to admire his persistence.　你可以不喜欢他，但他的坚忍你却不能不佩服。
　The poem was greatly admired.　这首诗颇受赞赏。
　His cleverness is much admired.　他的聪明为人称羡。
　Harriet's picture was much admired by all who came to the house.　那幅哈利特画像令所有到这儿来的人都赞叹不已。
　The works of Dickens are admired in China as well as in the rest of the world.　像在世界其他地方一样，狄更斯的作品在中国也受到赞赏。
　Ba Jin's Family, Spring and Autumn have been long and deeply admired in Russia.　巴金的《家》、《春》、《秋》在俄罗斯久享盛誉。
　I very admire Andra's refusing to give up.　我非常佩服安德拉拒绝认输。
　We admired him as a mathematical genius.　我们称赞他是数学天才。

 ♣ admire at　(v.+prep.)
　对…感到羡慕〔惊讶〕　be admired because of sth
　His friends admired at his sudden success.　他的突然成功使他的朋友们惊讶。
 ♣ admire for　(v.+prep.)
　因…而称赞…　have a high regard for
　I admire him for his bravery and learning.　我羡慕他胆识过人，学识渊博。
　The manager listened carefully to Edison's plan and admired him for his energy and enthusiasm.　经理仔细听取了爱迪生的计划，称赞他有干劲，有热情。
　We all admired him for the way he saved the children from the fire.　我们称赞他从火中救孩子的勇敢行为。
　I admire him for what he has done.　我对他所做的事很钦佩。
　He admires you for being always good-tempered.　他因为你性格温和而倾慕你。
　They had been admired for their discipline.　他们的严明纪律早已为人们所称赞。
　Her skin was admired for its velvety softness.　她的皮肤如天鹅绒般柔软，令人赞叹。

 ♣ admire, envy
　这两个词都可译为“羡慕”，但含义并不相同：envy不仅含有“羡慕别人所拥有的东西或品质”的意思，而且进一步有“我也要拥有”的含义。例如：

　本句所羡慕的只是那一头卷发，并不见得钦佩那个有一头卷发的人，而且明确表示“希望能有”，故用envy.
 ♣ admire, praise
　这两个词都是“称赞”“夸奖”的意思，且都可用于admire sb for sth句型。其差别在于：praise是普通用语，而admire带有感叹意味。另外， praise可用于上级对下级的称赞，而admire则多用于平等者。

1. 我们对他的勇敢非常佩服。
　［误］ We admired that he was courageous.
　［正］ We admired him for his courage.
　［析］ admire后不可接that从句作宾语。
2. 她为他的诗而称赞他。
　［误］ She admired him his poems.
　［正］ She admired his poems.
　［正］ She admired him for his poems.
　［析］ admire不能接双宾语。
3. 他们都赞赏他那样做。
　［误］ They all admired him behaving in that manner.
　［误］ They all admired him to be behaving in that manner.
　［正］ They all admired his behaving in that manner.
　［析］ admire可以动名词作宾语，其逻辑主体要用物主代词或名词的所属格表示。
4. 她非常钦佩他的学识。
　［误］ She admired his learning much.
　［正］ She much admired his learning.
　［正］ She admired his learning very much.
　［析］ 当much单独修饰admire时，应放在其前而不可放在其后，用very much修饰admire时，则既可放在其前，也可放在句末。

1. admire有时也可用作反语，表示一种讥讽的口气。例如：
　I admire your nerve!　我真佩服你的勇气！
2. admire n./pron. for n./v-ing结构中的介词for偶尔可以省略。例如：
　I admire you working fast.　我钦佩你干得快。
3. 一般认为admire不可接复合结构，但张道真先生在《英语语法大全》（下）中称admire作为表示精神活动的动词，由于使用了as，变成了宾补动词。

　［派生词］ admirable adj.令人钦佩的‖admirer n.仰慕者‖admiration n.钦佩；赞美；羡慕
　［同义词］ appreciate, envy, praise, respect
　［反义词］ despise
　［词源］拉丁语admirari（惊奇）