love

noun

/lʌv/

Idioms

liking and caring

[uncountable] a very strong feeling of liking and caring for somebody/something, especially a member of your family or a friend爱；热爱；慈爱

She has earned the love and respect of many people.她已经赢得了许多人的爱戴和尊敬。
love for somebody/something a mother’s unconditional love for her children母亲对孩子无条件的爱
love of somebody/something love of your country对祖国的热爱

see also self-love, tough love, tug of love

From John, she received the love she had never received from her father.从约翰那里，她得到了从父亲那里从未得到过的爱。
He seems incapable of love.他似乎没有能力去爱人。
They lavish love on Selah, their cat.他们非常宠爱他们的猫咪西拉。

Topics Family and relationshipsa1, Feelingsa1

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

all-consuming
burning
deep
…

verb + love

feel
have
experience
…

love + verb

bloom
blossom
grow
…

love + noun

affair
triangle
life
…

preposition

for love
out of love
in love
…

phrases

an act of love
deeply in love
madly in love
…

romantic浪漫

[uncountable] a strong feeling of romantic attraction for somebody 爱；热爱

I'm sure you will find true love.我相信你会找到真爱的。
in love We're in love!我们相爱了！
They're madly in love.他们狂热地相爱。
She has been in and out of love many times. 她恋爱过很多次，也失恋过很多次。
in love with somebody She was in love with him.她与他相爱了。
They fell in love with each other.他们彼此相爱了。
There wasn't anyone else in his life; he simply fell out of love with her.他的生活中没有其他人；他只是不再爱她了。
love for somebody They finally expressed their love for each other.他们最终表达了对彼此的爱。
It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met).那是一见钟情。
It is a story of unrequited love (= love that is not returned).这是一个单恋的故事。
romantic/undying/passionate love浪漫/永恒/热烈的爱情
a love song/story爱情歌曲／故事

see also courtly love, free love, puppy love

Wordfinder

affair
date
go out with somebody
jealous
love
marriage
partner
passionate
relationship
romantic

At last she had found true love.最终她找到了真爱。
Does she doubt my love for her?她怀疑我对她的爱吗？
He did not know how to express his love for her.他不知道如何表达对她的爱。
He didn't return her love.他没有回报她的爱。
I did it for love!我是因为爱才这样做的！
In his music dramas, love conquers all.在他的音乐剧里，爱情征服一切。
Love blossomed between the two of them.二人之间开出了爱情之花。
She felt no love for him.她不爱他。
They publicly declared their love for each other.他们公开宣布相爱。
You have my undying love.我永远爱你。
Their love grew with the years.他们的爱逐年加深。

Topics Feelingsa1

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

all-consuming
burning
deep
…

verb + love

feel
have
experience
…

love + verb

bloom
blossom
grow
…

love + noun

affair
triangle
life
…

preposition

for love
out of love
in love
…

phrases

an act of love
deeply in love
madly in love
…

pleasure

[uncountable, singular] the strong feeling of pleasure that something gives you喜好；喜爱

love of something They shared a love of learning.他们都热爱学习。
love for something her love for her garden她对花园的热爱
in love with something He's in love with his work.他热爱自己的工作。
I fell in love with the house.我喜欢上了这房子。

He developed a lifelong love of music.他养成了对音乐的终身热爱。
He had a great love of life.他热爱生命。
He had an abiding love of the English countryside.他永远热爱英国的乡村。
His wealth enabled him to indulge his love of fast cars.他的财富使他能够纵情于自己对速度快的汽车的喜爱。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

all-consuming
burning
deep
…

verb + love

feel
have
experience
…

love + verb

bloom
blossom
grow
…

love + noun

affair
triangle
life
…

preposition

for love
out of love
in love
…

phrases

an act of love
deeply in love
madly in love
…

somebody/something you like所爱的人／事物

[countable] a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much心爱的人；钟爱之物；爱好

Take care, my love.保重，我的爱人。
He was the love of my life (= the person I loved most).他是我一生中最爱的人。
I like most sports but tennis is my first love.大多数运动我都喜欢，而网球是我的第一爱好。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

all-consuming
burning
deep
…

verb + love

feel
have
experience
…

love + verb

bloom
blossom
grow
…

love + noun

affair
triangle
life
…

preposition

for love
out of love
in love
…

phrases

an act of love
deeply in love
madly in love
…

friendly name友好的称呼

[countable] (British English, informal) a word used as a friendly way of addressing somebody（昵称）亲爱的

Can I help you, love?亲爱的，我能帮你忙吗？

compare duck

in tennis网球

[uncountable] a score of zero (points or games)零分

40–love!40 比 0！
She won the first set six-love/six games to love.她以六比零赢了第一盘。

Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

词源Old English lufu, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit lubhyati ‘desires’, Latin libet ‘it is pleasing’, libido ‘desire’, also by the noun leave and lief.

Idioms

all’s fair in love and war

(saying) in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want在情场和战场上可以不择手段

cupboard love

(British English, old-fashioned) love that somebody, especially a child, shows towards somebody else in order to get something（尤指小孩）有所企图的亲热

(just) for love | (just) for the love of something

without receiving payment or any other reward出于爱好；不收报酬；无偿
- They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.他们都是义务工作的志愿者。

for the love of God

(old-fashioned, informal) used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient（表示愤怒和不耐烦）看在上帝的分上，哎呀，求求你
- For the love of God, tell me what he said!看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！
Some people find this use of God offensive.

give/send my love to somebody

(informal) used to send good wishes to somebody向某人致意（或问候）
- Give my love to Mary when you see her.你见到玛丽代我向她问好。
- Bob sends his love.鲍勃向你致意。

head over heels in love

loving somebody very much深深爱着某人；迷恋
- He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.他深深迷恋上了他的上司。
Topics Feelingsc2

a labour of love

a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary为爱好而做的困难工作
- Writing the book was a labour of love.写这本书是一项热爱的工作。

love from | (lots of) love (from)

(informal) used at the end of a letter to a friend or to somebody you love, followed by your name（用于给朋友或所爱的人的信结尾具名前）爱你的
- Lots of love, Jenny非常爱你的珍妮
- See you soon. Love, Steve.回头见。爱，史蒂夫。

love is blind

(saying) when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults爱情是盲目的，爱让人蒙蔽双眼（指恋爱中的人看不到对方缺点）

make love (to somebody)

to have sex有性行为；性交；做爱
- It was the first time they had made love.那是他们第一次发生性关系。

not for love or/nor money

if you say you cannot do something for love nor money, you mean it is completely impossible to do it决不；无论怎样也不
- We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money.我们无论如何也找不到一辆出租车。

there’s little/no love lost between A and B

they do not like each other（…之间）彼此厌恶，互无好感
- There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。

love

verb

/lʌv/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they love	/lʌv/ /lʌv/
he / she / it loves	/lʌvz/ /lʌvz/
past simple loved	/lʌvd/ /lʌvd/
past participle loved	/lʌvd/ /lʌvd/
-ing form loving	/ˈlʌvɪŋ/ /ˈlʌvɪŋ/

Idioms

liking and caring

love somebody/something (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to have very strong feelings of liking and caring for somebody爱；热爱

I love you.我爱你。
If you love each other, why not get married?要是你们彼此相爱，干吗不结婚呢？
Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS.她至爱的兄弟因艾滋病而濒临死亡。
He had become a well-loved member of staff.他已成为受人喜爱的职员。
Relatives need time to grieve over loved ones they have lost.失去所爱的人，亲人们总要悲伤一段时间。
to love your country热爱你的祖国

Synonyms lovelove

like
be fond of somebody
adore
be devoted to somebody
care for somebody
dote on somebody

These words all mean to have feelings of liking or caring for somebody.

love
to have strong feelings of caring for somebody:
- I love you.我爱你。
like
to find somebody pleasant and enjoy being with them:
- She’s nice. I like her.她人很好，我喜欢她。
be fond of somebody
to have warm or loving feelings for somebody, especially somebody you have known for a long time:
- I’ve always been very fond of your mother.我一直非常喜欢你的母亲。
adore
to love somebody very much:
- It’s obvious that she adores him.她显然深深地爱着他。
be devoted to somebody
to love somebody very much and support them in everything:
- They are devoted to their children.他们深爱着自己的孩子。
care for somebody
to love somebody, especially in a way that is based on a feeling of liking them very much or wanting to protect them, rather than sex:
- He cared for her more than she realized.她不知道他是多么在乎她。
Care for somebody is often used when somebody has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when somebody wishes that somebody loved them, or doubts that somebody does: If he really cared for you, he wouldn’t behave like that.
dote on somebody
to feel and show great love for somebody, ignoring their faults:
- He dotes on his children.他溺爱自己的孩子。

Patterns

to really love/like/adore/care for/dote on somebody
to be really/genuinely fond of/devoted to somebody
to love/like/care for somebody very much

He loved his wife dearly.他深爱他的妻子。
He wanted to be unconditionally loved.他希望有人能无条件地爱他。

Topics Feelingsa1

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

dearly
deeply
passionately
…

like/enjoy喜欢；爱好

(not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用于进行时) to like or enjoy something very much喜欢；喜爱 synonym adore

love something I absolutely love your shoes.我太爱你这双鞋了！
I really love summer evenings.我非常喜欢夏天的夜晚。
love it when somebody does something I just love it when you bring me presents!我就喜欢你送我礼物！
love it They love it in Spain (= they like the life there).他们喜欢西班牙的生活。
He loved the way she smiled.他喜欢她微笑的样子。
It was one of his best-loved songs.这是他最受喜爱的歌曲之一。
(ironic) You're going to love this. They've changed their minds again.你会喜欢的，他们又改变主意了。
love doing something (especially British English) My dad loves watching football.我爸爸喜欢看足球。
love to do something (especially North American English) I love to go out dancing.我喜欢出去跳舞。
love somebody/something to do something He loved her to sing to him.他喜欢让她唱歌给他听。
(informal) be loving something I'm loving my new leather jacket.我喜欢我的新皮夹克。
be loving doing something She's loving living in New York.她喜欢住在纽约。

Grammar Point want / like / love / hate / thinkwant / like / love / hate / think

These verbs belong to a group known as stative verbs because they describe a state rather than an action (although think can describe either an action or a state). Stative verbs are not usually used in the progressive tenses. However, it is becoming more common for some stative verbs to be used with progressive tenses. Stative verbs such as want, like, love, hate and think are sometimes used in informal language to describe a state at a particular moment, or a state that continues for a period of time:
- Why are you wanting a new phone when your current one works perfectly well?为什么你想要一部新手机，而你现在的手机工作得很好？
- What shall we do tonight? I’m thinking bowling.今晚我们做什么？我在想保龄球。
- I’m loving the weather today! 我喜欢今天的天气！
Other stative verbs that can be used this way include prefer, remember, taste and understand

Synonyms likelike

love
be fond of
be keen on something
adore

These words all mean to find something pleasant, attractive or of a good enough standard, or to enjoy something.

like
to find something pleasant, attractive or of a good enough standard; to enjoy something:
- Do you like their new house?你喜欢他们的新房子吗？
- I like to see them enjoying themselves.我就愿意看着他们玩得高兴。
love
to like or enjoy something very much:
- He loved the way she smiled.他喜欢她微笑的样子。
be fond of something
to like or enjoy something, especially something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time:
- We were fond of the house and didn’t want to leave.我们喜欢上了这座房子，不想搬家。
be keen on something
(British English informal) (often used in negative statements) to like or enjoy something:
- I’m not keen on spicy food.我不喜欢加有香料的食物。
- She’s not keen on being told what to do.她不喜欢别人向她发号施令。
adore
(informal) to like or enjoy something very much:指非常喜欢、喜爱：
- She adores working with children.她热爱参与儿童工作。

love or adore?用 love 还是 adore？Adore is more informal than love, and is used to express a stronger feeling.Patterns

to like/love/be fond of/be keen on/adore doing something
to like/love to do something
to like/love something very much
I like/love/adore it here/there/when…
to like/love/adore the way somebody does something
to really like/love/adore somebody/something
to be really fond of/keen on something

Flowers are universally loved.人人都爱花。
She simply loved being involved.她就是喜欢涉身其中。
I'm loving every minute of this.我喜欢这样的每一分钟。

Topics Preferences and decisionsa1, Feelingsa1

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

dearly
deeply
passionately
…

would love

used to say that you would very much like something很喜欢；很愿意

would love to do something Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing.来吧，罗里，孩子们都很喜欢听你唱歌。
I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go.我没去过巴西，但很想去。
would love somebody/something to do something I'd love her to come and live with us.我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。
would love something ‘Coffee?’ ‘I'd love one, thanks.’“咖啡？“我想要一个，谢谢，”。
(informal) would love for somebody/something to do something We would love for you to contact us.我们希望你能联系我们。

‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’“要抽支烟吗？” “我倒很乐意抽一支，可我刚把烟戒了。”
I'd love for my kids to learn another language.我希望我的孩子能学习另一种语言。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

dearly
deeply
passionately
…

Idioms

love you and leave you

(informal, humorous) used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer（表示想留却必须离开）不得不走
- Well, time to love you and leave you.唉，我该走了，不想走也得走哇。