1.钦佩,赞美,羡慕:
He’s very much admired by his students. 他的学生十分钦佩他。
2.观赏,欣赏:
We stopped to admire the view. 我们停下来欣赏风景。
3.赞美,夸奖:
Aren’t you going to admire my new hat? 你难道不想夸夸我的新帽子吗?
1. 其后不接双宾语或that引导的宾语从句,如可说:
I admire his bravery. 但不说:
I admire him his bravery.或I admire that he is brave. 注:
若语义上要接that从句,可考虑改为the fact that结构:
I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them on the telephone. 我羡慕他经常在课外与学生聊天或通过电话与学生聊天。虽然不能后接that从句,但可接疑问词引导的从句:
I admire how well she speaks English. 我羡慕她英语讲得那么好。
2. 其后不接不定式的复合结构,即不说admire sb to do sth,要表示“羡慕(赞赏)某人做某事”,英语可用admire sb [sb’s] doing sth:
They all admired his behaving so bravely. 他们钦佩他表现如此勇敢。
【谚语】If the eyes do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋,心不贪。