Endear
[ɪn'dɪə;en-] or [ɪn'dɪr]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make dear or beloved.
(v. t.) To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.
约翰校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Attach, secure the affection of, bind by ties of affection, gain the love of.
整理:罗莎
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Attach, conciliate, gain
ANT:Estrange, alienate, embitter
整理:塞丽娜
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make dear or more dear.—adjs. Endeared′ beloved; Endear′ing.—adv. Endear′ingly.—n. Endear′ment act of endearing: state of being endeared: that which excites or increases affection: a caress.
康斯坦丁校對
例句/造句/用法:
- His little failings would only have endeared him to you the more. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I think I should feel as if the name had become endeared to me, and I had no right to use it so. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- On the contrary, her plans and proceedings were more and more justified and endeared to her by the general appearances of the next few days. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- How fair and precious to that mother was that sleeping child's face, endeared by the memory of a thousand dangers! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- His business ability was on a high level, while his personal character endeared him to us all. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I was quite helpless, and his ways with ladies were very endearing. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He seems to be even fonder of his mice than of his other pets, smiles at them, and kisses them, and calls them by all sorts of endearing names. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Even poor little Clarence, the born idiot of the family, is the most agreeable and most endearing blockhead! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Who could be much with so pliable and beautiful a creature, and not yield to her endearing influence? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A good endearing creature she was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- To be familiar and endearing with them all--and so make me mad with envying them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Not to be behindhand in the sociality of the evening, he complies and gives them Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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