0 to like another adult very much and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to have strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family -- 愛,喜愛
1 to like something very much -- 喜愛,喜歡
US I'd love for you to come to dinner next week. 下星期我想請你來吃晚飯。
[ + to infinitive ] She would dearly love to start her own business. 她非常想開一家屬於自己的公司。
I'd love a cup of coffee if you're making one. 如果你在泡咖啡,我也想要一杯。
Love it or hate it, reality TV is here to stay. 你喜歡也好,討厭也罷,真人秀電視節目已成了一種氣候。
[ + -ing verb ] I love skiing. 我喜歡滑雪。
He really loves his job. 他非常喜歡自己的工作。
I absolutely love chocolate. 我特別愛吃巧克力。
She loves animals. 她喜歡動物。
2 the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family -- 愛;愛戀;愛情;熱愛
I was 20 when I first fell in love. 我20歲的時候第一次談戀愛。
They're still madly in love (with each other). 他們依然瘋狂地愛著對方。
I'm in love for the first time and it's wonderful. 我是第一次談戀愛,感覺非常奇妙。
She was my first love. 她是我的初戀情人。
He was the love of my life. 他是我一生的摯愛。
informal How's your love life (= your romantic and/or sexual relationships) these days? 最近你的感情生活怎麼樣?
Maggie asked me to send her love to you and the kids (= tell you that she is thinking about you with affection). 瑪姬讓我問你和孩子們好。
"I'm seeing Laura next week." "Oh, please give her my love" (= tell her I am thinking about her with affection). 「下星期我要去看勞拉。」「喔,請代我向她問好。」
"I've been seeing him over a year now." "Is it love?" 「我和他交往一年多了。」「是戀愛嗎?」
4 (in tennis) the state of having no points -- (網球賽中的)零分,未得分
Both set texts that elaborate variants of the type of mixed-gender exchange that characterised late sixteenthcentury courtly love discourse.
He makes it clear that post-lapsarian human beings love inordinately, and must, because of the disordered fundamental orientation called original sin.
Analogously : we can pour out our love or attention on just any old object, but it won't necessarily stick, let alone mix with it.
The transformation of the refrain is the vehicle through which the lover affirms the value of his love.
There is some indication that her father had encouraged her to marry because he was afraid his daughter had fallen in love with learning.
They also enhanced their beauty through facial tattooing, washing daily, plaiting and applying red ochre to their hair, wearing sweet-smelling leaves and using love medicines.
As for the soul, love for eternal things can kindle fire within it and dry the humors of carnal desire that corrupt it.
It therefore perfectly illustrates the fact that exiles love to write their own history.