adore

adore — verb

1. to feel a strong and warm love for a person, or to enjoy something a great deal

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

to feel a strong and warm love for a person, or to enjoy something a great deal — for example, the way grandparents feel about a newborn baby, or how a child feels about chocolate ice cream.

例句

Grandma Lin absolutely adores her two grandchildren and bakes cookies for them every Sunday.

adore + noun (people)

Sven adores walking on the beach at sunset with his old golden retriever.

adore + -ing for hobbies

同義詞
  • love

    more general; 'adore' suggests warmer, more enthusiastic feeling

  • cherish

    emphasises caring for and protecting; less about excitement

  • dote on

    specifically about giving someone too much affection, usually a child

反義詞
  • detest

    feel strong dislike, the opposite of strong love

  • loathe

    feel deep hatred for

文法句型

adore + noun

adore + -ing

用法筆記

Stronger than 'like' but warmer and more personal than 'love'. Often used to show enthusiasm for ordinary things (food, clothes, hobbies); rarely used in passive voice except in fixed forms like 'be adored by fans'.

常見錯誤

❌I am adoring this song right now.
✅I adore this song.
💡like 'love', 'adore' is normally used in simple tenses, not the progressive form.
❌She adores to swim every morning.
✅She adores swimming every morning.
💡after 'adore', use the -ing form, not the to-infinitive.

2. to honour a god or sacred figure through prayer, songs, or other acts of religio

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

to honour a god or sacred figure through prayer, songs, or other acts of religious devotion.

例句

On Christmas Eve, the villagers gathered in the small chapel to adore the newborn Christ.

religious context: adore + sacred figure

Pilgrims travelled for weeks across the desert to adore the relics kept in the old monastery.

同義詞
  • worship

    the most common neutral word for religious honour

  • venerate

    formal; show deep respect for a saint, hero, or holy thing

  • revere

    feel deep respect, often without religious ritual

反義詞
  • blaspheme

    speak against a god; opposite of religious adoration

文法句型

adore + noun (a god / sacred figure)

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: only this sense is used in religious contexts about gods or holy figures. Subject is usually a worshipper or group of believers; object is a deity, saint, or sacred object. Most common in Christian liturgy and in writing about world religions.

常見錯誤

❌I adore my new phone like a god.
✅I adore my new phone.
💡sense 1 already covers strong everyday love; using sense 2 for objects sounds odd unless you really mean religious worship.