endear

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,方便你先看懂它的意思。

endearverb/ɪnˈdɪə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo make (something) more precious or valuable.

  • 2

    obsoleteTo make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.

  • 3

    obsoleteTo stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.

    • Salvianus Massiliensis[…]saith, that amongst French-men, to lie and forsweare is no vice but a manner of speach. He that would endeare [translating encherir] this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them.
  • 4

    To make (someone) dear or precious.

    • By giving candy to the children the man tried to endear himself to them.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。