affection, love, attachment

like, love, enjoy, fancy, adore, prefer

名詞 love:

1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
2. any object of warm affection or devotion;
   同義詞：passion
3. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
   同義詞：beloved, dear, dearest, loved one, honey
4. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
   同義詞：sexual love, erotic love
5. a score of zero in tennis or squash
6. sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
   同義詞：sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love life

動詞 love:

1. have a great affection or liking for
2. get pleasure from
   同義詞：enjoy
3. be enamored or in love with
4. have sexual intercourse with
   同義詞：roll in the hay, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

1. I think I've met the love of my life.
   我認為我已找到理想的愛人了。
2. I love my motherland.
   我愛我的祖國。
3. Her love for him never waved.
   她對他的愛從未動搖過。

love

n.（名詞）
A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
愛：對某人的一種深切，溫柔，無法形容的喜愛或牽掛之情，比如由親戚關(guān)系引起的，對有魅力的品質(zhì)的發(fā)現(xiàn)所引起的，或一種潛伏的同一性引起的
A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
情欲，愛欲：對愿意與之結(jié)為配偶的人的強烈地欲望和吸引力；性沖動和浪漫的情感


Sexual passion.
性欲
Sexual intercourse.
性交
A love affair.
風流韻事
An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
嗜好：一種強烈的感情依賴，比如對一個寵物或珍貴的東西
A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
愛人，意中人：深切或強烈喜愛或吸引的對象；被愛者。經(jīng)常用于昵稱
An expression of one`s affection:
愛意：喜愛的表現(xiàn)：
例句：
Send him my love.
給予他我的愛意



A strong predilection or enthusiasm:
愛，狂熱：強烈的偏袒或熱情：
例句：
a love of language.
對語言的狂熱

The object of such an enthusiasm:
愛的東西或人：這樣一種狂熱的對象：
例句：
The outdoors is her greatest love.
她最熱心戶外運動

Love Mythology Eros or Cupid.
Love 【神話】 愛神，丘比特
Often Love Theology Charity.
常作 Love 【神學】 慈善
Love Christian Science God.
Love 【基督教科學派】 上帝
Sports A zero score in tennis.
【體育運動】 網(wǎng)球中的零分
v.（動詞）
loved,lov.ing,loves
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To have a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward (a person):
愛，熱愛，愛戴：對（某人）有一種深切，溫柔，無法形容的喜愛和牽掛：
例句：
We love our parents. I love my friends.
我們愛我們的父母。我愛我的朋友

To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person).
愛，撫愛：對（某人）有強烈的欲望和吸引力
To have an intense emotional attachment to:
愛，愛戀：對…有一種強烈的感情依賴：
例句：
loves his house.
依戀他和房子



To embrace or caress.
擁抱，愛撫
To have sexual intercourse with.
和…性交
To like or desire enthusiastically:
嗜好：狂熱地喜歡或想得到：
例句：
loves swimming.
酷愛游泳

Theology To have charity for.
【神學】 對…的慈愛
To thrive on; need:
需要：依靠…生存；需要：
例句：
The cactus loves hot, dry air.
仙人掌需要干熱的空氣

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To experience deep affection or intense desire for another.
愛：體驗對某人的深切喜愛或強烈欲望

<習慣用語>for love
Out of compassion; with no thought for a reward:
出于同情心；不求回報：
例句：
She volunteers at the hospital for love.
她出于愛心主動要求在醫(yī)院工作

for love or money
Under any circumstances. Usually used in negative sentences:
在任何情況下。經(jīng)常用在否定句中：
例句：
I would not do that for love or money.
在任何情況下我都不會這樣做

for the love of
For the sake of; in consideration for:
為了，出于：為了…的緣故；出于對……的考慮：
例句：
did it all for the love of praise.
這樣做是為了得到贊揚

no love lost
No affection; animosity:
沒有好感；敵意：
例句：
There`s no love lost between them.
他們之間只有敵意

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English lufu * see leubh-
源自 古英語 lufu *參見 leubh-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>love,affection,devotion,fondness,infatuationThese nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person.
這些名詞表示對另外一個人的溫暖的個人依戀或強烈的吸引力。
Love suggests a more intense feeling than that associated with the other words of this group:
Love 比這類詞中的相關(guān)詞表明一種更強烈的感情：
例句：
married for love.
為愛而結(jié)婚。

Affection is a less ardent and more unvarying feeling of tender regard:
Affection 不那么熱烈，但多一點永恒不變的溫柔感：
例句：
parental affection.
父母的慈愛。

Devotion is earnest, affectionate dedication;it implies a more selfless, often more abiding feeling thanlove :
Devotion 表示熱心的，充滿情愛的奉獻；它暗指比love 更無私，通常更執(zhí)著的感情：
例句：
The devotion of the aged couple is inspiring.
老人的摯愛是催人奮進的。

Fondness is strong liking or affection:
Fondness 是一種強烈的喜歡或喜愛：
例句：
showed their fondness for their grandchildren by financing their education.
通過資助孫輩們的教育來表達對他們的喜愛。

Infatuation is foolish or extravagant attraction,often of short duration:
Infatuation 是一種愚蠢的愛或濫愛，通常持續(xù)的時間短：
例句：
Their infatuation blinded them to the fundamental differences in their points of view. See also Synonyms at like
他們之間的迷戀使他們看不到他們之間意見的根本分歧 參見同義詞 like