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If something is admirable, it has good qualities that make you respect it — honesty, courage, hard work, patience, a generous aim. You admire it. The word is a little formal, and though actually it can feel slightly cool: “That’s an admirable goal” often means “I respect it” without saying “I want that too.” It praises the quality, not how something is. A boring plan can still be admirable if it is careful and fair. People, acts, and aims can all be admirable; a pizza usually cannot, unless you are joking.
令人欽佩的、值得佩服的(偏正式;敬重多過「好棒」)
組成From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from Latin admirābilis. By the pieces you can still see: admire + -able.
同家族的字
- admirethe verb this is built from
- admirationthe feeling of respect
- admirablythe adverb: in an admirable way
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
admirableadj/ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
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Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
- It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.
- The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
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Good or heroic.
- The act of putting out the burning fires was admirable.
admirablenoun/ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/
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The quality, state, or an example of being admirable.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。