| 英语单词 | endear |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'dɪə(r)] 美 [ɪn'dɪr] |
| 中文释义 | v.使受喜爱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He managed to endear himself to everyone. (2) Her kindness to my children greatly endeared her to me. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他设法让大家都喜欢他。 (2) 她对我的孩子很好,所以我很喜欢她。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Things that endear you to others — like your sense of humor or your skill at baking chocolate chip cookies — cause them to be fond of you. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The verb endear is almost always followed by the word "to," as in the sentence "The teacher's ready smile and gentle voice endear him to the class of kindergartners." When something endears you to another person, he or she adores you. In the 1500s, endear meant "increase the value of," though it quickly came to mean "make dear," or perhaps to increase the emotional value, especially of another person. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使受喜爱;使受青睐 If something endears you to someone or if you endear yourself to them, you become popular with them and well liked by them. [V n [V pron-refl
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