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love

noun
/lʌv/
/lʌv/
Idioms
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    liking and caring

  1. [uncountable] a very strong feeling of liking and caring for somebody/something, especially a member of your family or a friend愛;熱愛;慈愛
    • She has earned the love and respect of many people.她已經赢得了許多人的愛戴和尊敬。
    • love for somebody/something a mother’s unconditional love for her children母親對孩子無條件的愛
    • love of somebody/something love of your country對祖國的熱愛
    see also self-love, tough love, tug of love
    Extra Examples
    • From John, she received the love she had never received from her father.從約翰那裏,她得到了從父親那裏從未得到過的愛。
    • He seems incapable of love.他似乎沒有能力去愛人。
    • They lavish love on Selah, their cat.他們非常寵愛他們的貓咪西拉。
    Topics Family and relationshipsa1, Feelingsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-consuming
    • burning
    • deep
    verb + love
    • feel
    • have
    • experience
    love + verb
    • bloom
    • blossom
    • grow
    love + noun
    • affair
    • triangle
    • life
    preposition
    • for love
    • out of love
    • in love
    phrases
    • an act of love
    • deeply in love
    • madly in love
    See full entry
  2. romantic浪漫

  3. [uncountable] a strong feeling of romantic attraction for somebody 愛;熱愛
    • I'm sure you will find true love.我相信你會找到真愛的。
    • in love We're in love!我們相愛了!
    • They're madly in love.他們狂熱地相愛。
    • She has been in and out of love many times. 她戀愛過很多次,也失戀過很多次。
    • in love with somebody She was in love with him.她與他相愛了。
    • They fell in love with each other.他們彼此相愛了。
    • There wasn't anyone else in his life; he simply fell out of love with her.他的生活中沒有其他人;他只是不再愛她了。
    • love for somebody They finally expressed their love for each other.他們最終表達了對彼此的愛。
    • It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met).那是一見鐘情。
    • It is a story of unrequited love (= love that is not returned).這是一個單戀的故事。
    • romantic/undying/passionate love浪漫/永恒/熱烈的愛情
    • a love song/story愛情歌曲/故事
    see also courtly love, free love, puppy love
    Extra Examples
    • At last she had found true love.最終她找到了真愛。
    • Does she doubt my love for her?她懷疑我對她的愛嗎?
    • He did not know how to express his love for her.他不知道如何表達對她的愛。
    • He didn't return her love.他沒有回報她的愛。
    • I did it for love!我是因爲愛才這樣做的!
    • In his music dramas, love conquers all.在他的音樂劇裏,愛情征服一切。
    • Love blossomed between the two of them.二人之間開出了愛情之花。
    • She felt no love for him.她不愛他。
    • They publicly declared their love for each other.他們公開宣布相愛。
    • You have my undying love.我永遠愛你。
    • Their love grew with the years.他們的愛逐年加深。
    Topics Feelingsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-consuming
    • burning
    • deep
    verb + love
    • feel
    • have
    • experience
    love + verb
    • bloom
    • blossom
    • grow
    love + noun
    • affair
    • triangle
    • life
    preposition
    • for love
    • out of love
    • in love
    phrases
    • an act of love
    • deeply in love
    • madly in love
    See full entry
  4. pleasure

  5. [uncountable, singular] the strong feeling of pleasure that something gives you喜好;喜愛
    • love of something They shared a love of learning.他們都熱愛學習。
    • love for something her love for her garden她對花園的熱愛
    • in love with something He's in love with his work.他熱愛自己的工作。
    • I fell in love with the house.我喜歡上了這房子。
    Extra Examples
    • He developed a lifelong love of music.他養成了對音樂的終身熱愛。
    • He had a great love of life.他熱愛生命。
    • He had an abiding love of the English countryside.他永遠熱愛英國的鄉村。
    • His wealth enabled him to indulge his love of fast cars.他的財富使他能夠縱情於自己對速度快的汽車的喜愛。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-consuming
    • burning
    • deep
    verb + love
    • feel
    • have
    • experience
    love + verb
    • bloom
    • blossom
    • grow
    love + noun
    • affair
    • triangle
    • life
    preposition
    • for love
    • out of love
    • in love
    phrases
    • an act of love
    • deeply in love
    • madly in love
    See full entry
  6. somebody/something you like所愛的人/事物

  7. [countable] a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much心愛的人;鐘愛之物;愛好
    • Take care, my love.保重,我的愛人。
    • He was the love of my life (= the person I loved most).他是我一生中最愛的人。
    • I like most sports but tennis is my first love.大多數運動我都喜歡,而網球是我的第一愛好。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • all-consuming
    • burning
    • deep
    verb + love
    • feel
    • have
    • experience
    love + verb
    • bloom
    • blossom
    • grow
    love + noun
    • affair
    • triangle
    • life
    preposition
    • for love
    • out of love
    • in love
    phrases
    • an act of love
    • deeply in love
    • madly in love
    See full entry
  8. friendly name友好的稱呼

  9. [countable] (British English, informal) a word used as a friendly way of addressing somebody(暱稱)親愛的
    • Can I help you, love?親愛的,我能幫你忙嗎?
    compare duck
  10. in tennis網球

  11. [uncountable] a score of zero (points or games)零分
    • 40–love!40 比 0!
    • She won the first set six-love/six games to love.她以六比零赢了第一盤。
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  12. Word OriginOld English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by the noun leave and lief.
Idioms
all’s fair in love and war
  1. (saying) in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want在情場和戰場上可以不擇手段
cupboard love
  1. (British English, old-fashioned) love that somebody, especially a child, shows towards somebody else in order to get something(尤指小孩)有所企圖的親熱
(just) for love | (just) for the love of something
  1. without receiving payment or any other reward出於愛好;不收報酬;無償
    • They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.他們都是義務工作的志願者。
for the love of God
  1. (old-fashioned, informal) used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient(表示憤怒和不耐煩)看在上帝的分上,哎呀,求求你
    • For the love of God, tell me what he said!看在上帝的分上,告訴我他說了些什麽!
    Some people find this use of God offensive.
give/send my love to somebody
  1. (informal) used to send good wishes to somebody向某人致意(或問候)
    • Give my love to Mary when you see her.你見到瑪麗代我向她問好。
    • Bob sends his love.鮑勃向你致意。
head over heels in love
  1. loving somebody very much深深愛着某人;迷戀
    • He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.他深深迷戀上了他的上司。
    Topics Feelingsc2
a labour of love
  1. a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary爲愛好而做的困難工作
    • Writing the book was a labour of love.寫這本書是一項熱愛的工作。
love from | (lots of) love (from)
  1. (informal) used at the end of a letter to a friend or to somebody you love, followed by your name(用於給朋友或所愛的人的信結尾具名前)愛你的
    • Lots of love, Jenny非常愛你的珍妮
    • See you soon. Love, Steve.回頭見。愛,史蒂夫。
love is blind
  1. (saying) when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults愛情是盲目的,愛讓人蒙蔽雙眼(指戀愛中的人看不到對方缺點)
make love (to somebody)
  1. to have sex有性行爲;性交;做愛
    • It was the first time they had made love.那是他們第一次發生性關系。
not for love or/nor money
  1. if you say you cannot do something for love nor money, you mean it is completely impossible to do it決不;無論怎樣也不
    • We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money.我們無論如何也找不到一輛出租車。
there’s little/no love lost between A and B
  1. they do not like each other(…之間)彼此厭惡,互無好感
    • There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.她和她的姻親彼此嫌惡。

love

verb
/lʌv/
/lʌv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they love
/lʌv/
/lʌv/
he / she / it loves
/lʌvz/
/lʌvz/
past simple loved
/lʌvd/
/lʌvd/
past participle loved
/lʌvd/
/lʌvd/
-ing form loving
/ˈlʌvɪŋ/
/ˈlʌvɪŋ/
Idioms
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    liking and caring

  1. love somebody/something (not used in the progressive tenses不用於進行時) to have very strong feelings of liking and caring for somebody愛;熱愛
    • I love you.我愛你。
    • If you love each other, why not get married?要是你們彼此相愛,幹嗎不結婚呢?
    • Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS.她至愛的兄弟因艾滋病而瀕臨死亡。
    • He had become a well-loved member of staff.他已成爲受人喜愛的職員。
    • Relatives need time to grieve over loved ones they have lost.失去所愛的人,親人們總要悲傷一段時間。
    • to love your country熱愛你的祖國
    Synonyms lovelove
    • like
    • be fond of somebody
    • adore
    • be devoted to somebody
    • care for somebody
    • dote on somebody
    These words all mean to have feelings of liking or caring for somebody.
    • love to have strong feelings of caring for somebody:
      • I love you.我愛你。
    • like to find somebody pleasant and enjoy being with them:
      • She’s nice. I like her.她人很好,我喜歡她。
    • be fond of somebody to have warm or loving feelings for somebody, especially somebody you have known for a long time:
      • I’ve always been very fond of your mother.我一直非常喜歡你的母親。
    • adore to love somebody very much:
      • It’s obvious that she adores him.她顯然深深地愛着他。
    • be devoted to somebody to love somebody very much and support them in everything:
      • They are devoted to their children.他們深愛着自己的孩子。
    • care for somebody to love somebody, especially in a way that is based on a feeling of liking them very much or wanting to protect them, rather than sex:
      • He cared for her more than she realized.她不知道他是多麽在乎她。
      Care for somebody is often used when somebody has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when somebody wishes that somebody loved them, or doubts that somebody does: If he really cared for you, he wouldn’t behave like that.
    • dote on somebody to feel and show great love for somebody, ignoring their faults:
      • He dotes on his children.他溺愛自己的孩子。
    Patterns
    • to really love/​like/​adore/​care for/​dote on somebody
    • to be really/​genuinely fond of/​devoted to somebody
    • to love/​like/​care for somebody very much
    Extra Examples
    • He loved his wife dearly.他深愛他的妻子。
    • He wanted to be unconditionally loved.他希望有人能無條件地愛他。
    Topics Feelingsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • dearly
    • deeply
    • passionately
    See full entry
  2. like/enjoy喜歡;愛好

  3. (not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用於進行時) to like or enjoy something very much喜歡;喜愛 synonym adore
    • love something I absolutely love your shoes.我太愛你這雙鞋了!
    • I really love summer evenings.我非常喜歡夏天的夜晚。
    • love it when somebody does something I just love it when you bring me presents!我就喜歡你送我禮物!
    • love it They love it in Spain (= they like the life there).他們喜歡西班牙的生活。
    • He loved the way she smiled.他喜歡她微笑的樣子。
    • It was one of his best-loved songs.這是他最受喜愛的歌曲之一。
    • (ironic) You're going to love this. They've changed their minds again.你會喜歡的,他們又改變主意了。
    • love doing something (especially British English) My dad loves watching football.我爸爸喜歡看足球。
    • love to do something (especially North American English) I love to go out dancing.我喜歡出去跳舞。
    • love somebody/something to do something He loved her to sing to him.他喜歡讓她唱歌給他聽。
    • (informal) be loving something I'm loving my new leather jacket.我喜歡我的新皮夾克。
    • be loving doing something She's loving living in New York.她喜歡住在紐約。
    Grammar Point want / like / love / hate / thinkwant / like / love / hate / think
    • These verbs belong to a group known as stative verbs because they describe a state rather than an action (although think can describe either an action or a state). Stative verbs are not usually used in the progressive tenses. However, it is becoming more common for some stative verbs to be used with progressive tenses. Stative verbs such as want, like, love, hate and think are sometimes used in informal language to describe a state at a particular moment, or a state that continues for a period of time:
      • Why are you wanting a new phone when your current one works perfectly well?爲什麽你想要一部新手機,而你現在的手機工作得很好?
      • What shall we do tonight? I’m thinking bowling.今晚我們做什麽?我在想保齡球。
      • I’m loving the weather today! 我喜歡今天的天氣!
      Other stative verbs that can be used this way include prefer, remember, taste and understand
    Synonyms likelike
    • love
    • be fond of
    • be keen on something
    • adore
    These words all mean to find something pleasant, attractive or of a good enough standard, or to enjoy something.
    • like to find something pleasant, attractive or of a good enough standard; to enjoy something:
      • Do you like their new house?你喜歡他們的新房子嗎?
      • I like to see them enjoying themselves.我就願意看着他們玩得高興。
    • love to like or enjoy something very much:
      • He loved the way she smiled.他喜歡她微笑的樣子。
    • be fond of something to like or enjoy something, especially something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time:
      • We were fond of the house and didn’t want to leave.我們喜歡上了這座房子,不想搬家。
    • be keen on something (British English informal) (often used in negative statements) to like or enjoy something:
      • I’m not keen on spicy food.我不喜歡加有香料的食物。
      • She’s not keen on being told what to do.她不喜歡别人向她發號施令。
    • adore (informal) to like or enjoy something very much:指非常喜歡、喜愛:
      • She adores working with children.她熱愛參與兒童工作。
    love or adore?用 love 還是 adore?Adore is more informal than love, and is used to express a stronger feeling.Patterns
    • to like/​love/​be fond of/​be keen on/​adore doing something
    • to like/​love to do something
    • to like/​love something very much
    • I like/​love/​adore it here/​there/​when…
    • to like/​love/​adore the way somebody does something
    • to really like/​love/​adore somebody/​something
    • to be really fond of/​keen on something
    Extra Examples
    • Flowers are universally loved.人人都愛花。
    • She simply loved being involved.她就是喜歡涉身其中。
    • I'm loving every minute of this.我喜歡這樣的每一分鐘。
    Topics Preferences and decisionsa1, Feelingsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • dearly
    • deeply
    • passionately
    See full entry
  4. would love
    used to say that you would very much like something很喜歡;很願意
    • would love to do something Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing.來吧,羅裏,孩子們都很喜歡聽你唱歌。
    • I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go.我沒去過巴西,但很想去。
    • would love somebody/something to do something I'd love her to come and live with us.我很願意讓她來和我們住在一起。
    • would love something ‘Coffee?’ ‘I'd love one, thanks.’“咖啡?“我想要一個,謝謝,”。
    • (informal) would love for somebody/something to do something We would love for you to contact us.我們希望你能聯系我們。
    Extra Examples
    • ‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’“要抽支煙嗎?” “我倒很樂意抽一支,可我剛把煙戒了。”
    • I'd love for my kids to learn another language.我希望我的孩子能學習另一種語言。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • dearly
    • deeply
    • passionately
    See full entry
  5. Word OriginOld English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by the noun leave and lief.
Idioms
love you and leave you
  1. (informal, humorous) used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer(表示想留卻必須離開)不得不走
    • Well, time to love you and leave you.唉,我該走了,不想走也得走哇。

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