音标:英 /lʌv/,美 /lʌv/
词性:动词、名词
核心含义:作为英语中最富情感张力的词汇之一,love既表达对人或事物的深厚情感,也可描述喜好、关系或特殊场景(如体育比分中的“零分”)。其用法需结合语境区分情感强度与场景,从亲密关系到日常喜好均有覆盖。
表示“爱/热爱”
直接接宾语,可指人、事物或活动。
对人:We love each other. We want to spend our lives together.(我们彼此相爱,希望共度一生。)
对事物:I loved reading.(我热爱读书。)
对活动:She loves dancing in the rain.(她喜欢在雨中跳舞。)
love doing sth vs. love to do sth
love doing sth:强调习惯性喜好。
They love fishing on weekends.(他们周末喜欢钓鱼。)
love to do sth:侧重具体某次意愿。
I would love to play for England again.(我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力。)
口语中的非正式用法
表达友好或亲昵,无爱情含义:
Well, I'll take your word for it then, love...(唔,那我就信你吧,亲爱的。)
情感类
爱情/恋爱:a old fashioned love story(老式爱情故事)
热爱/喜好:The French are known for their love of their language.(法国人热爱母语是出了名的。)
指代人或物
心爱的人:She is the love of my life.(她是我一生所爱。)
心爱之物:Music's one of my great loves.(音乐是我的至爱之一。)
特殊用法:体育中的“零分”
用于网球、羽毛球等比分:He beat Thomas Muster of Austria three sets to love.(他3比0直取奥地利选手托马斯·蒙斯特。)
| 短语 | 含义 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| fall in love | 爱上某人/某物 | I fell in love with him because of his kind nature.(我因他善良的本性爱上他。) |
| in love with | 与……相爱 | They have been in love with each other for 3 years.(他们相爱三年了。) |
| love at first sight | 一见钟情 | I fell in love with her at first sight.(我对她一见钟情。) |
| make love | 发生性关系 | One night... they made love for the first and last time.(一晚……他们第一次也是最后一次发生了关系。) |
| with love | (书信结尾)爱你的 | ...with love from Grandma and Grandpa.(爱你的爷爷奶奶。) |
爱情:Our love for each other has been increased by what we've been through together.(共同经历风雨后,我们更相爱了。)
亲情:My love for all my children is unconditional.(我对孩子们的爱是无条件的。)
喜好:We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes.(我们很喜欢这些菜,尤其是鱼。)
热爱国家:I love my country as you love yours.(我热爱我的祖国,如同你热爱你的。)
心爱之物:The old bike is my first love.(这辆旧自行车是我的挚爱。)
口语称呼:Don't cry, my love.(别哭,亲爱的。)
体育比分:She won the first set six-love.(她以6比0赢了第一盘。)
习惯性喜好:They love collecting stamps from different countries.(他们喜欢收集各国邮票。)
具体意愿:I would love a hot bath and clean clothes.(要是能洗个热水澡、换身干净衣服就好了。)
哲理表达:Love loves to love love.(爱本身就喜爱爱上所爱之人。)(出自詹姆斯·乔伊斯,强调爱的本质是主动付出。)
近义词:adore(爱慕)、cherish(珍视)、passion(激情)
反义词:hate(憎恨)、loathe(厌恶)
从日常对话到文学作品,love的多样性使其成为英语中最具生命力