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love
Word family
love1 /lʌv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1 romantic attraction 爱情的吸引力 [transitiveT not in progressive]LOVE to have a strong feeling of affection for someone, combined with sexual attraction 爱
2 care about 关心 [transitiveT not in progressive]LOVE to care very much about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend 爱，关爱〔尤指家人或好友〕
3 like/enjoy 喜欢/喜爱 [transitiveT]ENJOY/LIKE DOING something to like something very much or enjoy doing something very much 喜欢，喜爱〔某物或做某事〕
I’d love to (do something) spoken (=used to say that you would really like to do something) 我很想（做某事）
► see thesaurus at like4 loyalty 忠诚 [transitiveT not in progressive]LIKE somebody OR something to have a strong feeling of loyalty to your country, an institution etc 热爱，忠于〔国家、机构等〕
5 I love it! spokenENJOY/LIKE DOING something used when you are amused by something, especially by someone else’s mistake or bad luck 好玩！ 太有趣了！〔尤用于表示觉得别人的差错或坏运气好笑〕
‘And then her boyfriend walked in and saw her kissing Ray.’ ‘I love it!’
“就在那时，她男朋友进来了，看到她正在亲吻雷。” “这太有意思了！”
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6 somebody’s going to love something spoken
→ loverExamples from the Corpus
n Grammar
Patterns with love
You love someone or something:
I love my children.
She loves jazz.
You love doing something:
She loves listening to jazz.
You love to do something:
She loves to listen to jazz in her spare time.
✗Don’t say: She loves listen to jazz.Love doing something and love to do something both mean the same thing. You use love to do especially when saying that someone does something regularly or often.
Using the progressive
The usual rule is that love is not used in the progressive. ✗Don’t say: I am loving my children. | She is loving jazz.
In spoken English, people sometimes say I’m loving something they have just seen or heard:
I’m loving his new show (=I like it a lot).
THESAURUS
love to like someone very much and care a lot about them – used especially about people in your family or someone who you are sexually attracted to 爱，关爱〔用于家人或爱人〕
I love my wife and children very much.
我很爱我的妻子和孩子。
Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not really meant it?
你有没有过嘴上说 “我爱你” 而心里却不这么想的时候？
adore to love and admire someone very much 爱慕，热爱
When she was a child she adored her father.
她小时候非常爱她父亲。
be in love (with somebody) to feel that you love someone and want to have a romantic relationship with them （与某人）恋爱
We were both young and very much in love.
我们都很年轻，深深相爱。
Karen was in love with a man who was much older than her.
卡伦爱上了一个比她年长许多的男人。
be infatuated with somebody to love someone a lot and keep thinking about them, in a way that seems silly because you do not know them very well 对某人痴迷〔指不甚了解的人〕
He became infatuated with a woman he met at a conference.
他迷上了一个开会时遇到的女人。
have a crush on somebody to love and be sexually attracted to someone you are not having a relationship with, usually someone older 迷恋某人〔通常指比自己年长的人〕
Jane had a crush on the German teacher.
简迷恋上了那位德语老师。
be crazy about somebody informal to love someone very much – used for emphasis 疯狂地爱上某人〔用于强调〕
She’s crazy about you.
她迷上你啦。
be devoted to somebody to love someone very much and give them a lot of attention 全心全意地爱某人
He was devoted to his wife and his children.
他深深爱着妻子和孩子。
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love• a much-loved author• Tom was the only man she had ever loved.• You needn't love boxing-or even care for it-to appreciate Toole's highly accomplished debut.• We still love each other very much.• And even crazier to have told him that she loved him.• He loved his stepdaughter as if she were his own child.• It is a heady, exhilarating feeling, and I love it.• Cassie works in the theatre, and she really loves it.• I really believed that my parents didn't love me.• Ben loves swimming, playing tennis, those kinds of thing.• It's incredible how much she loves those two kids.• I love to hear applause between movements.• She loved to sit in the park and feed the ducks.• Because he just loves to write.• I love you, Betty.• I love you so much now, it hurts!• Just relax and let me love you.• He stroked her hair and murmured, "I love you."
loved one• How would anybody feel about the death of a loved one?• About 30 years after the debut of the original, the spies who loved one another are married.• Volunteers in the sitting service have helped families lead relatively normal lives while caring for their loved one at home.• And some wouldn't dream of helping out, however disgusting their loved ones' dishes.• Beware of carrying a subtle ploy too far today or of letting a loved one get away with playing emotional games.• The death or incapacitating illness of a loved one is always hard to take.• As we have discussed, the survivors need to feel involved in their loved one's dying process as much as possible.
love doing something• Katie loves playing tennis.
love2 ●●● S1 W1 noun
1 for family/friends 对家人/朋友 [uncountableU]LOVE a strong feeling of caring about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend 〔尤指对家人、好友的〕爱，关心，关爱 OPP hate, hatred
2 romantic 浪漫的 [uncountableU]LOVE a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attraction 恋爱，爱情；性爱
3 person you love 你所爱的人 [countableC]LOVE someone that you feel a strong romantic and sexual attraction to 恋人；情人；爱人
4 pleasure/enjoyment 快乐/乐趣
5 make love (to/with somebody)
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make love (to/with somebody)• They lie on a mattress in the living room and make love by candlelight.• It sickened her that she could have made love with Tom and be able to remember nothing of it.• Would they make love all day at some hot, steamy house somewhere in this glittering cosmopolitan city?• Billy was on top of Valencia, making love to her.• Next time we make love I want it perfect, with all the time in the world for each other.• We made love all afternoon.• Not all people who make love want to have a baby.
6 send/give your love (to somebody), send/give your love (to somebody) send/give somebody your loveLOVE to ask someone to give your loving greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc （向某人）致意[问候]
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send/give your love (to somebody), • Dad and Charles send their love.• I am fine and your family is in good health and send their love.• Now I am alone except for this unwilling stranger and even to him I gave my love freely. 6.• Of course, she sent her love to Jean.• Open now your hearts to me; give your love to me.• Please give my love to Christopher - will speak to you soon.• Please send me a couple of views of St Albans. Give my love to Kitty.• We are all fine and Chris and Nick send their love.
7 love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love writtenTCM used at the end of a letter to a friend, a member of your family, or someone you love 爱你的/深爱你的/全心爱你的〔用于写给朋友、家人或所爱之人的信的末尾处〕
8 (my) love British EnglishBrE spoken informal
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(my) love• A little gift from my loving man.• All my love and kisses, Sue Marion put the letter in her bag, ready to take to work tomorrow.• Hence my love for film and my desire to make films as a director and... actor.• I meant to tell you earlier, my love.• I need you now, my love.• I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.• The purity of my love was something that to me remained undefiled.
9 be a love and .../... there’s a love British EnglishBrE spokenASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something used when you are asking someone, especially children and members of your family, to do something 做个乖宝宝…/…好乖乖〔尤用于要孩子和家人做某事〕
10. there is no love lost between somebody and somebody DON'T LIKEif there is no love lost between two people, they dislike each other 某人和某人之间没有好感，某人与某人互相厌恶
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there is no love lost between somebody and somebody• There's no love lost between Bart and Stephen.
11. tennis 网球 [uncountableU]DST an expression meaning ‘no points’, used in the game of tennis 〔网球比赛中的〕零分
12 not for love or/nor money informalIMPOSSIBLE if you cannot get something or do something for love or money, it is impossible to obtain or to do 无论怎样也不，决不
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13. love triangle a situation in which someone is having a sexual relationship with the partner of a close friend – used especially in newspapers 三角恋爱〔尤用于报纸文章〕
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14. for the love of God (also for the love of Mike/Pete) old-fashioned spokenANGRY used to show that you are extremely angry, disappointed etc 看在上帝的份上〔用于表示怒不可遏、极度沮丧等〕
→ a labour of love at labour1(4) COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attraction 恋爱，爱情；性爱
verbs
be in love 恋爱
Are you in love with her?
你是不是爱上她了？
fall in love (=start being in love) 爱上，坠入情网
I fell in love with her the minute I saw her.
我对她一见钟情。
find love (=meet someone to love) 找到爱情
I never thought I would find love.
我想我永远找不到爱情。
return somebody’s love (=love someone who loves you) 回报某人的爱
phrasesnEstella does not return Pip’s love.
love at first sight (=when you love someone as soon as you meet them) 一见钟情
For Marion and Ron it was love at first sight.
玛丽昂和罗恩是一见钟情。
very much in love 热恋
They were obviously very much in love.
显然他们深深相爱。
madly/deeply in love (=very much in love) 疯狂地/深深地相爱
I married Dan because I was madly in love.
我和丹结婚了，因为我爱得如痴如狂。
head over heels in love (=very much in love) 爱得神魂颠倒
nThe two of them fell head over heels in love.
nlove is blind (=used to say that people do not notice the faults of the person they love)
adjectivesLove is blind, I guess. How else could he stand to be with her?
true love (=real love) 真爱
She felt that she had finally found true love.
她觉得自己终于找到了真爱。
nreal love
You could see real love in their eyes.
romantic love 浪漫的爱情
Romantic love was not always the reason for marriage.
婚姻并非总是出于浪漫的爱情。
sexual love 性爱
nVenus was the Roman goddess of sexual love.
unrequited love (=love for someone who does not love you) 单恋，单相思
nShe had a secret, unrequited love for Harrison.
undying love (=love that does not stop) 无尽的爱
nShe and I swore undying love.
npassionate love
love + NOUNHe wrote about his passionate love for her.
a love song/story 情歌/爱情故事
a tragic love story
一段爱情悲剧
a love letter 情书
nShe found a love letter from another woman in his wallet.
THESAURUS
love noun [uncountableU] a feeling of liking someone very much and caring a lot about them – used about people in your family, or someone you feel sexually attracted to 爱，关爱〔用于家人或爱人〕
nAll children need love, attention, and encouragement.
nWe don’t need words to express our love for each other.
naffection noun [uncountableU] a gentle feeling of love which makes you want to be kind to someone and show them that you love them – used especially about friends and members of your family
My mother never showed us us any affection.
Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her.
ndevotion noun [uncountableU] very strong love for someone in which you want to give them a lot of attention and look after them – used especially about strong feelings of love for your wife, husband, children etc
His recovery is largely due to the devotion of his wife and family
npassion noun [uncountableU] a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to
He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.
There was no passion in their relationship.
ninfatuation noun [countableC, uncountableU] a strong feeling of love for someone, in which you cannot stop thinking about them, and which seems silly because you do not know them very well
She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.
His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing.
a childhood infatuation
nromance noun [uncountableU] the feeling of loving someone and the nice things you do to show this – used about someone you are sexually attracted to
The romance had gone out of their relationship.
In the UK, one in ten people have found romance over the Internet.
ncrush noun [countableC] a very strong feeling of love and sexual attraction for someone such as a teacher or a famous person, especially when there is no chance of you having a relationship with that person because you are much younger than them
She had a teenage crush on one of her teachers.
I had a big crush on Tom Cruise when I was growing up.
a schoolgirl crush
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love• I used to read books about love.• The authoritative, dedicated, and benign conductor was Williams Llewellyn, whose knowledge and love for the score was obvious.• Only his tears spoke of brotherly love.• Jack was her first love.• She was never able to express her love for Henry.• And though they regularly clashed, they were undoubtedly in love.• All children need love, attention, and encouragement.• Finally, it never hurts to wear our own love of reading on our sleeve.• She nourishes a secret, unrequited love for Harry.
love for• a mother's love for her child
first love• We love because he first loved us.• Roland heard her voice again, remembered all that had happened, and fell for his first love.• Brown wrote his novels and faded back into his first love like a man whose ego needed fresh air and nothing more.• I must have been about fifteen when I received my first love letter.• The sea was my first love, but now the hills have an equal claim to my affection.• Elizabeth Taylor was my first love.• Ah, the innocence of first love.• The sweet, tinkling sound of a music box can stir recollections of everything from childhood to first love.
love of/for• Jerrod has a love for the game of chess.• A love of flying Statistics aside, Steve Butler admits that his job sometimes scares him.• Wasn't she used by now to disguising her love for him?• Despite his love of distraction, Minton in his career as yet showed no loss of impetus.• Van Leer inherited some of his father's acumen but none of his money and certainly none of his love for money.• All played directly to his love of the theatrical.• Had already admitted to herself the extent of her own love for him.• On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport.• It's possible that he's trying to test your love for him.
Old English lufu
love1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1love2 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1
LDOCE Online
Chinese
Corpus
noun
verb
love noun
⇨ love 1 (fall madly in love with sb) ⇨ love 2 (a mother's love for her children) ⇨ darling (Goodbye, my love.) ⇨ taste 1 (a love of nature) ⇨ in love ⇨ in love love verb
⇨ love (I love you.) ⇨ like (I love the spring.) love 2 fall madly in love with sb 疯狂地爱上某人 a mother's love for her children 母亲对孩子的爱 love ♦︎ affection ♦︎ tenderness ♦︎ attachment ♦︎ devotion ♦︎ liking These are all words for the feeling you have when you like and care about sb very much. 这些词均表示对某人的喜爱、疼爱、关爱。 SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达喜爱的程度
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ love / affection / tenderness / liking for sb ◆ attachment / devotion to sb ◆ affection / tenderness towards sb ◆ love / affection / tenderness / devotion between A and B ◆ to do sth with love / affection / tenderness / devotion ◆ genuine / real love / affection / tenderness / devotion◆ great / mutual love / affection / tenderness / devotion / liking◆ deep love / affection / attachment / devotion◆ undying / eternal love / devotion◆ to show love / affection / tenderness / devotion ◆ to feel love / affection / tenderness / an attachment ◆ to have love / affection / an attachment / a liking ◆ to develop an affection / an attachment / a liking for sb ◆ a feeling of love / affection / tenderness / attachment / devotion ■ love [uncountable ] the feeling of caring about sb very much, especially a family member or friend （尤指对家人或朋友的）爱，关爱 ◆ People say there is nothing greater than a mother's love for her children.人们说母亲对孩子的爱是最伟大的爱。 ◆ He seems incapable of love.他好像不懂得爱人。 ◆ Bob sends his love.鲍勃向你问好。 OPP hatred , hate ⇨ hatred ■ affection [uncountable , singular ] the feeling of caring about sb very much, often sb who depends on you 喜爱，关爱（对象常为依赖自己的人） ◆ Children need lots of love and affection.孩子需要很多的疼爱与关怀。 ◆ Open displays of affection always embarrassed her.公开表露关爱之情总使她觉得不好意思。 ◆ He'll be remembered with genuine affection.人们将深切地怀念他。 NOTE 辨析 Love is the most general word in this group and can describe anything from quite a mild feeling to a very strong one. * love在本组词中含义最宽泛，既可指稍微喜欢也可指强烈的爱。 Compare 比较 ◆ Bob sends his love.鲍勃向你问好。 ◆ Bob sends his best wishes / regards.鲍勃向你表示最诚挚的祝愿／问候。 Love is slightly stronger here but not very much. 这里love语气稍强，但也不是很强烈。 Compare 比较 ◆ There is nothing greater than a mother's love for her children.母亲对孩子的爱是最伟大的爱。 ◆ There is nothing greater than a mother's affection for her children. Affection is not as strong as love in this case. It is a gentle feeling, often shown in the way sb talks to, looks at or touches sb else. 在这种情况下，affection不如love强烈。affection表达的感情较温和，常通过讲话、眼神或抚摸的动作体现出来 ◆ She spoke / treated him / looked at him / hugged him with great affection.她用非常慈爱的语气说话；她非常慈爱地对待／看着／搂着他。 Affection is typically felt by an adult for sb younger or much older than them, especially sb who depends on them in some way. * affection通常指成年人对比自己年少或年老，特别是依赖自己的人，所怀有的感情。 ■ tenderness [uncountable ] the kind and gentle way in which you show your love or affection for sb 和善；温柔；亲切 ◆ She spoke with loving tenderness.她说话时语气温柔亲切。 ◆ There was tenderness in his face as he looked at her.他看着她，脸上露出温柔的表情。 ■ attachment [countable ] a feeling of love for sb, especially one which makes you not want to leave them 依恋；爱慕 ◆ The children have a strong attachment to their parents.孩子对父母有着很深的依恋。 ◆ Prisoners can develop attachments to their warders.囚犯对看守会产生依恋。 ■ devotion dɪˈvəʊʃn; NAmE dɪˈvoʊʃn [uncountable , singular ] great love, care and support for sb 挚爱；关爱；关怀 ◆ His devotion to his wife and family is touching.他对妻子和家人的关爱感人至深。 ◆ He cared for his mother with great devotion.他深爱着自己的母亲。 ⓘ Devotion is the strongest word in this group. It suggests a feeling that is complete and does not change. * devotion在本组词中语气最强，透露出一种纯粹且长久的感情 ◆ her total / undying / lifelong devotion to her husband她对丈夫全心／永恒／一生的爱 devotion ⇨ devote ■ liking [singular , uncountable ] the feeling that you like sb 喜欢；好感 ◆ She had taken a liking to him on their first meeting.她第一次见到他就对他产生了好感。 ◆ They have little liking for each other.他们不怎么喜欢彼此。 OPP dislike ⇨ hatred love ➡ See also the entry for like verb 另见like动词词条 love ♦︎ like ♦︎ be fond of sb ♦︎ adore ♦︎ be devoted to sb ♦︎ care for sb ♦︎ idolize ♦︎ dote on/upon sb These words all mean to have feelings of love or affection for sb. 这些词均表示爱、关爱或喜欢某人。 SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达爱的程度
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to love / like / be fond of / adore / be devoted to / care for / dote on your children ◆ to love / like / be fond of / adore / be devoted to / care for your / sb's husband / wife / mother / father ◆ to really love / like / adore / care for / idolize / dote on sb ◆ to be really / genuinely fond of / devoted to sb ◆ to love / like / care for sb very much ◆ to love / care for sb deeply ◆ to clearly / obviously love / adore / idolize / dote on sb ■ love [transitive ] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to have strong feelings of affection for sb 爱；深爱 ◆ I love you.我爱你。 ◆ If you love each other, why not get married?要是你们俩彼此相爱，干吗不结婚呢？ ◆ He had become a well-loved and respected member of the team.他已成为一名深受爱戴的队员。 ◆ Relatives need time to grieve over loved ones they have lost.亲属需要时间来痛悼他们失去的亲人。 OPP hate , loathe , detest ⇨ hate lovable ⇨ sweet ■ like [transitive ] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to find sb pleasant and enjoy being with them 喜欢；喜爱 ◆ She's nice. I like her.她人很好，我喜欢她。 ◆ He never did like me much, did he?他从来没有怎么喜欢过我，对吗？ OPP dislike ⇨ hate likeable ⇨ nice 2 ■ be ˈfond of sb to feel affection for sb, especially sb you have known for a long time 喜爱（相识已久的人） ◆ Over the years, I have grown quite fond of him.经过这么多年，我已经喜欢上他了。 ■ adore əˈdɔːr [transitive ] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to love sb very much 深爱；爱慕 ◆ It's obvious that she adores him.她显然深深地爱着他。 OPP loathe ⇨ hate adorable ⇨ sweet ■ be deˈvoted to sb to love sb very much and be loyal to them 挚爱；专情于 ◆ They are devoted to their children.他们深爱着自己的孩子。 ■ ˈcare for sb (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to love sb, especially in a way that is based on strong affection or a feeling of wanting to protect them, rather than sex 深深地爱，非常喜欢（尤指出于爱护之心） ◆ He cared for her more than she realized.他对她的爱比她意识到的更为深切。 ⓘ Care for is often used when sb has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when sb wishes that sb loved them, or doubts that sb does. * care for常用于尚未把喜爱之情告诉别人或感情产生之初，也用于希望或怀疑某人爱慕自己的情况 ◆ What if he realized she was beginning to care for him?要是他意识到她正开始喜欢上他会怎么样？ ◆ If he really cared for you, he wouldn't behave like that.要是他真的在乎你，他就不会那样做了。 care for sb ⇨ look after sb ■ idolize (BrE alsoidolise ˈaɪdəlaɪz [transitive ] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to admire or love sb very much and think that they are perfect 崇拜；热爱 ◆ He longed to be a pop star, idolized by millions of fans.他渴望成为流行音乐明星，受到数百万歌迷的崇拜。 idol ⇨ hero ■ ˈdote on sb ■ ˈdote upon sb (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to feel and show great love for sb, ignoring their faults 溺爱；宠爱；过分喜爱 ◆ He dotes on his children.他溺爱他的孩子。 NOTE 辨析 idolize a famous person such as a pop star or football player, or a person in authority, such as a teacher or parent. Parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. may dote on children in their family. * idolize常用于年轻人崇拜流行音乐明星或足球运动员之类的名人，或者像老师或家长这样的权威人士；dote on则用于长辈等宠爱家里的孩子。 love 1 fall madly in love with sb 疯狂地爱上某人 a mother's love for her children 母亲对孩子的爱 love ♦︎ desire ♦︎ passion ♦︎ romance ♦︎ lust ♦︎ attraction ♦︎ crush ♦︎ infatuation These are all words for a strong feeling of liking sb in a romantic or sexual way. 这些词均表示爱情、情欲。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ love / desire / passion / lust / attraction / infatuation for sb ◆ love / passion / romance / attraction between A and B ◆ to kiss sb, look at sb, etc. with love / desire / passion ◆ sexual / physical / mutual love / desire / passion / lust / attraction◆ great love / desire / passion / romance◆ overwhelming love / desire / passion / attraction◆ to be consumed with desire / passion / lust ◆ to find love / romance ◆ love / desire / passion / attraction grows ◆ love / desire / passion dies ■ love [uncountable ] a strong feeling of caring about sb and being sexually attracted to them 爱情；恋爱 ◆ We're in love !我们相爱了！ ◆ She was madly / deeply in love with him .她和他疯狂地／深深地相爱了。 ◆ They fell in love with each other.他们彼此相爱了。 ◆ It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met) .那是一见钟情。 ◆ At last she had found true love .最终她找到了真爱。 ◆ a love song / story爱情歌曲／故事 in love ⇨ in love ■ desire [countable , uncountable ] a strong wish to have sex with sb 情欲；肉欲；性欲 ◆ She felt a surge of love and desire for him.她对他骤生爱意和欲望。 ◆ He felt he was nothing more to her than an object of desire .他觉得对她来说自己不过是个性欲对象而已。 ■ passion [uncountable ] a very strong feeling of sexual love （尤指两性间）强烈的爱 ◆ His passion for her made him blind to everything else.他钟情于她，到了不顾一切的地步。 ◆ They kissed with passion.他们狂热地亲吻。 ▸ passionate ◆ passionate love / feelings狂热的爱；热切的感情 ◆ a passionate kiss / embrace / affair / lover狂热的吻／拥抱／私情／情侣 NOTE 辨析 Love is a very general word and can be used in any context. It can sometimes refer to sex. * love含义很宽泛，可用于任何语境，有时可指性行为 ◆ physical / sexual love性爱 ◆ to make love (= to have sex) 做爱 But it is more often to do with feelings and the way these make you behave. 但它更多指爱的情感和爱的表达 ◆ romantic love浪漫爱情 Desire and passion are stronger words, and are much more to do with physical love and sex. * desire和passion语气较强，且更多指性爱与性行为 ◆ to burn with / be filled with desire / passion欲火攻心 Both desire and passion can mean the feeling of wanting to have sex, but only passion can refer to the act of having sex. * desire和passion都可表示性欲，但只有passion可指性行为 ◆ a night of passion激情之夜 ■ romance [uncountable ] the feeling of being in love and the kind of behaviour that goes with this feeling 恋爱；爱情 ◆ How can you put the romance back into your marriage?怎样才能使你的婚姻再次充满浪漫爱意呢？ ◆ People find romance in strange places.人们往往能在陌生的地方找到爱情。 romance ⇨ relationship 2 ▸ romantic ◆ a romantic candlelit dinner浪漫的烛光晚餐 ◆ romantic stories / fiction / comedy爱情故事／小说／喜剧 ■ lust [uncountable ] (disapproving ) very strong sexual desire, especially when love is not involved （尤指无爱的）强烈性欲；色欲；淫欲 ◆ Their affair was driven by pure lust.他们私通纯粹是受淫欲的驱使。 ■ attraction [uncountable , singular ] a feeling of liking sb, especially in a sexual way （尤指两性间的）爱慕，吸引 ◆ Sexual attraction is a large part of falling in love.坠入爱河多半是出于性吸引。 ◆ She felt an immediate attraction for him.她对他顿生爱慕之情。 be attracted to sb ⇨ attracted to sb ■ crush [countable ] a strong feeling of love, that usually does not last very long （短暂的）热恋，迷恋 ◆ It's only a schoolgirl crush, it'll pass.这不过是女学生的一时迷恋而已，会过去的。 ◆ I had a huge crush on her when I was younger.我年轻时对她爱慕至极。 ⓘ A crush is usually a feeling that a young person has, often for sb older or for sb that they know they cannot have a relationship with. * crush通常指年轻人对年长者的爱慕之情，或是明知爱慕的对象是可望而不可即的。 have a crush on sb ⇨ attracted to sb ■ infatuation ɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃn [countable , uncountable ] a strong feeling of love or attraction for sb, especially when this is unreasonable or does not last long （尤指不理性的或短暂的）热恋，痴迷 ◆ It isn't love, it's just a passing infatuation.那不是爱情，只不过是一时的痴迷。 ◆ My infatuation with her continued to grow.我对她的爱恋与日俱增。 ⓘ You can also talk about infatuation with an activity or a thing. * infatuation也可指对某种活动或事情的痴迷 ◆ the current infatuation with popular culture时下对流行文化的痴迷 infatuated ⇨ in love
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To love or like a person: love, care for, adore...
To enjoy something, or to enjoy yourself: like, enjoy, go in for...
To like something: like, love, adore...
Feelings of love, respect and admiration: love, respect, passion...
Friendship and feelings of friendship: friendship, love, companionship...
Someone who is loved or loves: lover, admirer, love...
Enjoyable things and experiences: activity, amusement, binge...
Someone who is kind, generous or helpful: saint, gem, angel...
Expressions used in letters and correspondence: Dear, postscript, love...
Names used for talking to someone in a friendly way: love, darling, mate...
Names used for talking to people you don't know: madam, miss, love...
Names used for talking to women or girls: love, miss, babe...
Tennis: ace, advantage, bagel...
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