詞源

借自中古法語 ，或直接來自拉丁語 ，源自 (“向”) + (“看”) + 。對比動詞, 美式方言詞, 。

發音

• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˌæd.mɚˈeɪʃ.ən/

• 音頻 (美式)：

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• 韻部：-eɪʃən

名詞

(可數 和 不可數，複數)

1. 讚賞，佩服，欽佩

   admiration of a war hero

   對戰爭英雄的欽佩

   They looked at the landscape in admiration.

   他們看著風景，讚歎不已。

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 1, pp. 4-5,

     For in this Instance, Life most exactly resembles the Stage, since it is often the same Person who represents the Villain and the Heroe; and he who engages your Admiration To-day, will probably attract your Contempt To-Morrow.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume 1, Chapter 6,

     A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

     女人的想象力真敏捷；從敬慕一跳就跳到愛情，一眨眼的工夫又從愛情跳到結婚。

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, New York: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1974, Chapter 3, p. 40,

     Dr. Veraswami had a passionate admiration for the English, which a thousand snubs from Englishmen had not shaken.

   • 1939, John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath, Penguin, 1951, Chapter 19, p. 257,

     […] in the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.

2. 〈旧〉 疑惑，質疑（沒有特定情感）
   • 大約1605 William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, Scene 4,

     Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman?

     Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour

     Of other your new pranks.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Revelation 17:6,

     And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

     隨後，我看見那女人喝醉了聖徒們的血，以及為耶穌做見證之人的血。我看到她就大大驚奇。

   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 3, lines 270-272,

     […] Admiration seized

     All Heaven, what this might mean, and whither tend,

     Wondering;

3. 〈旧〉 令人讚歎的事物
   • 大約1602 William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,

     Now, good Lafeu,

     Bring in the admiration; that we with thee

     May spend our wonder too, or take off thine

     By wondering how thou took’st it.

詞源

借自拉丁語 。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ad.mi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

• 音頻：

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名詞

 f (複數)

1. 讚賞，佩服，欽佩

   Plein d’admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..." (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V) - Full of admiration for his enemy, ...

拓展閱讀

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名詞

(複數)

1. 讚賞，佩服，欽佩

參考資料

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online