admiration

英語

詞源

借自中古法語 admiration，或直接來自拉丁語 admīrātiō，源自ad- (「向」) + mīrō (「看」) + -ātiō。對比動詞admire, 美式方言詞miration, mirate。

發音

(美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌæd.mɚˈeɪʃ.ən/
音頻 (美式)： (檔案)
韻部：-eɪʃən

名詞

admiration (可數和不可數，複數 admirations)

讚賞，佩服，欽佩
admiration of a war hero
對戰爭英雄的欽佩

They looked at the landscape in admiration.
他們看著風景，讚歎不已。
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 1, pp. 4-5,^[1]
  For in this Instance, Life most exactly resembles the Stage, since it is often the same Person who represents the Villain and the Heroe; and he who engages your Admiration To-day, will probably attract your Contempt To-Morrow.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume 1, Chapter 6,^[2]
  A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
  女人的想象力真敏捷；從敬慕一跳就跳到愛情，一眨眼的工夫又從愛情跳到結婚。
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, New York: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1974, Chapter 3, p. 40,^[3]
  Dr. Veraswami had a passionate admiration for the English, which a thousand snubs from Englishmen had not shaken.
- 1939, John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath, Penguin, 1951, Chapter 19, p. 257,^[4]
  […] in the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.
〈舊〉疑惑，質疑（沒有特定情感）
- 大約1605 William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, Scene 4,^[5]
  Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman?
  
  Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o』 th』 savour
  
  Of other your new pranks.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Revelation 17:6,^[6]
  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
  隨後，我看見那女人喝醉了聖徒們的血，以及為耶穌做見證之人的血。我看到她就大大驚奇。
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 3, lines 270-272,^[7]
  […] Admiration seized
  
  All Heaven, what this might mean, and whither tend,
  
  Wondering;
〈舊〉令人讚歎的事物
- 大約1602 William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,^[8]
  Now, good Lafeu,
  
  Bring in the admiration; that we with thee
  
  May spend our wonder too, or take off thine
  
  By wondering how thou took’st it.

近義詞

(讚賞，佩服，欽佩)： approval, appreciation, adoration, reverence, wonder, worship

派生詞

參見admire

法語

詞源

借自拉丁語 admiratio, admirationem。

發音

國際音標^(幫助): /ad.mi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
音頻： (檔案)

名詞

admiration f (複數 admirations)

讚賞，佩服，欽佩
Plein d』admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..." (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V) - Full of admiration for his enemy, ...

拓展閱讀

查看「admiration」在 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé [法語數位化寶典] 中的釋義。

低地蘇格蘭語

名詞

admiration (複數 admirations)

讚賞，佩服，欽佩

參考資料

Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online