- [uncountable]
a very strong feeling of liking and caring for somebody/something, especially a member of your family or a friend 爱;热爱;慈爱 She has earned the love and respect of many people. 她已经赢得了许多人的爱戴和尊敬。 - love for somebody/something
a mother’s unconditional love for her children 母亲对孩子无条件的爱 - love of somebody/something
love of your country 对祖国的热爱
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1, Feelingsa1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-consuming
- burning
- deep
- …
- feel
- have
- experience
- …
- bloom
- blossom
- grow
- …
- affair
- triangle
- life
- …
- for love
- out of love
- in love
- …
- an act of love
- deeply in love
- madly in love
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- [uncountable]
a strong feeling of romantic attraction for somebody 爱;热爱 I'm sure you will find true love. 我相信你会找到真爱的。 - in love
We're in love! 我们相爱了! They're madly in love. 他们狂热地相爱。 She has been in and out of love many times. 她恋爱过很多次,也失恋过很多次。 - in love with somebody
She was in love with him. 她与他相爱了。 They fell in love with each other. 他们彼此相爱了。 There wasn't anyone else in his life; he simply fell out of love with her. 他的生活中没有其他人;他只是不再爱她了。 - love for somebody
They finally expressed their love for each other. 他们最终表达了对彼此的爱。 It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met). 那是一见钟情。 It is a story of unrequited love (= love that is not returned). 这是一个单恋的故事。 romantic/undying/passionate love 浪漫/永恒/热烈的爱情 a love song/story 爱情歌曲/故事
Wordfinder- affair
- date
- go out with somebody
- jealous
- love
- marriage
- partner
- passionate
- relationship
- romantic
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1At last she had found true love. 最终她找到了真爱。 Does she doubt my love for her? 她怀疑我对她的爱吗? He did not know how to express his love for her. 他不知道如何表达对她的爱。 He didn't return her love. 他没有回报她的爱。 I did it for love! 我是因为爱才这样做的! In his music dramas, love conquers all. 在他的音乐剧里,爱情征服一切。 Love blossomed between the two of them. 二人之间开出了爱情之花。 She felt no love for him. 她不爱他。 They publicly declared their love for each other. 他们公开宣布相爱。 You have my undying love. 我永远爱你。 Their love grew with the years. 他们的爱逐年加深。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-consuming
- burning
- deep
- …
- feel
- have
- experience
- …
- bloom
- blossom
- grow
- …
- affair
- triangle
- life
- …
- for love
- out of love
- in love
- …
- an act of love
- deeply in love
- madly in love
- …
- [uncountable, singular]
the strong feeling of pleasure that something gives you 喜好;喜爱 - love of something
They shared a love of learning. 他们都热爱学习。 - love for something
her love for her garden 她对花园的热爱 - in love with something
He's in love with his work. 他热爱自己的工作。 I fell in love with the house. 我喜欢上了这房子。
Extra ExamplesHe developed a lifelong love of music. 他养成了对音乐的终身热爱。 He had a great love of life. 他热爱生命。 He had an abiding love of the English countryside. 他永远热爱英国的乡村。 His wealth enabled him to indulge his love of fast cars. 他的财富使他能够纵情于自己对速度快的汽车的喜爱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-consuming
- burning
- deep
- …
- feel
- have
- experience
- …
- bloom
- blossom
- grow
- …
- affair
- triangle
- life
- …
- for love
- out of love
- in love
- …
- an act of love
- deeply in love
- madly in love
- …
- love of something
- [countable]
a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much 心爱的人;钟爱之物;爱好 Take care, my love. 保重,我的爱人。 He was the love of my life (= the person I loved most). 他是我一生中最爱的人。 I like most sports but tennis is my first love. 大多数运动我都喜欢,而网球是我的第一爱好。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-consuming
- burning
- deep
- …
- feel
- have
- experience
- …
- bloom
- blossom
- grow
- …
- affair
- triangle
- life
- …
- for love
- out of love
- in love
- …
- an act of love
- deeply in love
- madly in love
- …
- [countable] (British English, informal)
a word used as a friendly way of addressing somebody compare duck(昵称)亲爱的 - [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盘。
liking and caring
romantic浪漫
pleasure
somebody/something you like所爱的人/事物
friendly name友好的称呼
in tennis网球
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
- (saying)
in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want 在情场和战场上可以不择手段
cupboard love
- (British English, old-fashioned)
love that somebody, especially a child, shows towards somebody else in order to get something (尤指小孩)有所企图的亲热
(just) for love | (just) for the love of something
for the love of God
give/send my love to somebody
head over heels in love
loving somebody very much Topics Feelingsc2深深爱着某人;迷恋
a labour of love
a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary 为爱好而做的困难工作 Writing the book was a labour of love. 写这本书是一项热爱的工作。
love from | (lots of) love (from)
- (informal)
used at the end of a letter to a friend or to somebody you love, followed by your name (用于给朋友或所爱的人的信结尾具名前)爱你的 Lots of love, Jenny 非常爱你的珍妮 See you soon. Love, Steve. 回头见。爱,史蒂夫。
love is blind
- (saying)
when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults 爱情是盲目的,爱让人蒙蔽双眼(指恋爱中的人看不到对方缺点)
make love (to somebody)
not for love or/nor money
there’s little/no love lost between A and B