admire · verb
Sens et exemples
Éprouver du respect pour quelqu'un en raison de ses qualités ou de ses actions.
I admire my sister because she never gives up after a failure.
His colleagues admired the patience he showed with every new employee.
We all admire teachers who make difficult subjects easy to understand.
She admires her grandfather for learning a new language at seventy.
Regarder quelque chose avec plaisir parce que c'est beau ou impressionnant.
We stopped on the bridge to admire the view across the valley.
The visitors admired the colourful paintings before entering the next room.
I was admiring your garden when you came out of the house.
She spent several minutes admiring the tiny details on the wooden box.
Formes
- admire base form
- admires third-person singular present
- admired past tense; past participle
- admiring present participle