liking

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lik·ing /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/ noun

1 liking for somebody/something formalLIKE somebody OR something when you like someone or something 对某人/某物的喜欢

Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other.

吉姆和基思互相喜欢、互相尊重。

She’s developed a liking for theatre.

她喜欢上了戏剧。

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liking for somebody/something• She'd tried to hide her liking for him.

2 take a liking to somebody/something LIKE somebody OR somethingto begin to like someone or something 喜欢上某人/某物

He immediately took a liking to Steve.

他马上就喜欢上了史蒂夫。

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take a liking to somebody/something• Connors had actually taken a liking to me after the incident with the gun.• Fortunately, he had taken a liking to Claudel last year.• For some reason she had taken a liking to him.• He immediately took a liking to Malden.• They kept going to this restaurant, and the proprietor took a liking to them.• He had a fresh, open face, and stars in his eyes, and she took a liking to him at once.• She took a liking to me.

3 be to somebody’s liking formalWANT if something is to someone’s liking, they like it or think it is satisfactory 对某人的胃口，合某人的心意

I hope everything was to your liking, sir.

先生，我希望一切都如您心意。

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be to somebody’s liking• After deciding that a paper looks, feels and smells to your liking, a few other factors should be considered.• Congressional Republicans have made an increase in the debt ceiling contingent on a balanced budget agreement to their liking.• However, with the two medium-sized potatoes and a spoonful of carrots, she found this also quite to her liking.• Joining the group for 12 laps of grassy field surrounding the track, I found their easy pace to my liking.• She found herself praying that this batch would be more to his liking than the last.• The second half is more to her liking.• Need I add that impairment is more to my liking than good health?• This may be to your liking so it is worth experimenting with three, four and five rises.• I hope everything in the suite was to your liking, sir.

4. for somebody’s liking if something is too crowded, serious, long etc for someone’s liking, they think it is too crowded, serious, long etc 对某人来说〔与too 连用，表示否定〕

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liking• The friendship had blossomed, and mutual respect had turned to a deep liking.• Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking.• There were too many variables for his liking, but he had committed himself now.• The question of his liking or disliking Tolstoy simply does not arise.• He found the train far more to his liking.• He showed a particular liking for Richard who took full advantage of the situation, though it caused Edward some uneasiness.• Newman looked at him with no particular liking.

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