ADJECTIVE | VERB + ADMIRATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, genuine, great, sincere, tremendous欽佩不已;發自內心的讚美;真摯的敬意;極為欽佩▸➤frank, open真誠的/公開的讚美▸➤sneaking (BrE) 暗暗的欽佩◇Inwardly, I had a sneaking admiration for them.我在心裏暗暗地佩服他們。➤grudging, reluctant勉強的/不情願的讚美▸➤mutual相互欣賞VERB + ADMIRATION➤be filled with, be full of, feel, have充滿欽佩之情;感到欽佩;懷有欽佩之情◇I'm full of admiration for him.我對他滿懷欽佩之情。◇I have the greatest admiration for the nurses.我最欽佩護士。➤express, show表達敬佩之情;表示欽佩◇She wrote to him expressing her admiration.她給他寫信,表達欽佩之情。➤compel, draw, fill sb with, gain, win令人欽佩;使某人充滿欽佩之情;贏得欽佩◇a dignity that compels admiration讓人不得不欽佩的尊嚴◇The way he dealt with the crisis filled me with admiration.他化解這場危機的方式讓我欽佩不已。◇He gained the admiration of thousands of people.他贏得了成千上萬人的欽佩。➤be worthy of值得欽佩◇As a writer she is certainly worthy of admiration.作為一名作家,她當之無愧地值得人們尊敬。➤lose失去(某人的)尊敬◇He never lost the admiration of his students.他從未失去學生對他的尊敬。PREPOSITION➤in admiration欽佩地◇She stared at him in open admiration.她盯着他看,欽佩之情顯露無遺。➤with admiration讚賞地◇He gazed at her with admiration.他讚賞地凝視着她。➤admiration for對⋯的讚賞◇admiration for his work對他工作的贊賞PHRASES➤a gasp of admiration (especially BrE) 讚歎◇The picture was greeted with gasps of admiration.這幅畫讓大家讚歎不已。➤have nothing but admiration for sb/sth對⋯唯有欽佩◇I have nothing but admiration for the way she tackled those bullies.她對付那些恃強凌弱者的方法令我歎服。