admire to do還是doing

Admire to do sth.很想做某事，admire doing敬佩所做的事。admir是及物動詞，通常的結構是admire sb, admire sth,admire sb for sth。

admire基本詞義

1.欽佩，贊美，羨慕：

He’s very much admired by his students. 他的學生十分欽佩他。

2.觀賞，欣賞：

We stopped to admire the view. 我們停下來欣賞風景。

3.贊美，夸獎：

Aren’t you going to admire my new hat? 你難道不想夸夸我的新帽子嗎？

admire用法

1. 其后不接雙賓語或that引導的賓語從句，如可說：

I admire his bravery. 但不說：

I admire him his bravery.或I admire that he is brave. 注：

若語義上要接that從句，可考慮改為the fact that結構：

I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them on the telephone. 我羨慕他經常在課外與學生聊天或通過電話與學生聊天。雖然不能后接that從句，但可接疑問詞引導的從句：

I admire how well she speaks English. 我羨慕她英語講得那么好。

2. 其后不接不定式的復合結構，即不說admire sb to do sth，要表示“羨慕(贊賞)某人做某事”，英語可用admire sb [sb’s] doing sth：

They all admired his behaving so bravely. 他們欽佩他表現如此勇敢。

【諺語】If the eyes do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不饞，心不貪。