like

a. 相似的, 同样的
vt. 喜欢, 愿意, 想
vi. 喜欢, 希望
n. 爱好, 同样的人(或物)
prep. 象, 如同
ad. 可能
相关词组:
like that
something like
if you like
like it or not
and the like
as like as two peas
quick like lightning
had like to have done
like anything
like for like

动词过去式:liked 过去分词:liked 现在分词:liking 第三人称单数:likes 

like

v.（动词）
liked,lik.ing,likes
v.tr.（及物动词）
To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy.
喜欢：认为愉快或有吸引力；欣赏
To want to have:
想要：
例句：
would like some coffee.
想要一点儿咖啡

To feel about; regard:
感到；认为：
例句：
How do you like her nerve!
你对她的勇气怎么个看法

Archaic To be pleasing to.
【古语】 使快乐
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To have an inclination or a preference:
偏好，愿意：
例句：
If you like, we can meet you there.
如果你愿意的话，我们在那儿接你

Scots To be pleased.
【苏格兰】 高兴
n.（名词）
Something that is liked; a preference:
喜爱的东西；爱好：
例句：
made a list of his likes and dislikes.
把他喜好和讨厌的东西列了一张表


来源：
Middle English liken
中古英语 liken
from Old English locian [to please] * see lok-
源自 古英语 locian [使高兴] *参见 lok-

<参考词汇><同义词>like,love,enjoy,relish,fancy,doteThese verbs mean to be attracted to or to find agreeable.
这些动词都指被吸引或觉得愉悦。
Like, the least forceful, suggests mere interest, approval, or favor:
Like 是强度最弱的一个，表示单纯的兴趣、满意或好感：
例句：
.I may like him well enough; but you don`t love your servants. (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
.我可能喜欢 他到了一定程度；但你不可能 爱 上你的仆人. （哈丽特·比彻·斯托）。

Love implies a strong attachment or intense affection and deep involvement on an emotional level:
Love 暗示了强烈的依恋或感情和深深的不可自拔：
例句：
.All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them. (Oliver Goldsmith).
.爱他的人反而因他的错误更爱. （奥利弗·戈德史密斯）。

Enjoy is applied to what gives personal satisfaction or pleasure:
Enjoy 用来指可给予人们满足或愉悦感的东西：
例句：
.There are two things to aim at in life:first, to get what you want;and after that, to enjoy it. (Logan Pearsall Smith).
.人的一生必须以这两件事为目标：第一，要得到你想要的；然后享用它. （洛根·皮尔萨尔·史密斯）。

Relish applies to what moves one to keen or zestful appreciation:
Relish 用于那些使人激烈或狂热欣赏的：
例句：
.Every great and original writer . . . must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished. (William Wordsworth).Onefancies what appeals to one`s taste, inclination, imagination, or notion of what a person or thing should be:
.任何伟大有创造力的作家……都必须创造出自己欣赏的风格. （威廉·华滋华斯）。一个人fancies 喜欢人或事物本身所适合自己的口味、爱好、想象或观点：

例句：
She fancies elegant clothes and jewelry.
她热衷于高雅的时装和珠宝。

例句：
Caviar is a delicacy, but few children fancy it.
鱼子酱是一种精美的食品，但只有很少孩子喜欢它。

Dote implies foolish, extravagant attachment:
Dote 指愚蠢的、过份的依恋：
例句：
He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.
他溺爱自己的孙辈，并且满足他们的任何想法.


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like
like 2

prep.（介词）
Possessing the characteristics of; resembling closely; similar to.
相似，类似：具有…的特点；相象；相似


In the typical manner of:
象：以…的典型方式：
例句：
It`s not like you to take offense.
你不象会发脾气的人

In the same way as:
以与…同样的方式：
例句：
lived like royalty.
过着帝王般的生活

Inclined or disposed to:
想要：倾向，有意于：
例句：
felt like running away.
想要逃跑

As if the probability exists for:
象要：似有…的可能性：
例句：
looks like a bad year for farmers.
看起来象农民的欠收年

Such as; for example:
例如；象一样：
例句：
saved things like old newspapers and pieces of string.
收集起来的如旧报纸和绳子之类的东西

adj.（形容词）
Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics; similar:
想似的：具有相同或几乎相同的特点；相近的：
例句：
on this and like occasions.
这种和类似情况下

Alike:
相象的：
例句：
They are as like as two siblings.
他们象是亲兄弟

Having equivalent value or quality. Usually used in negative sentences:
相等（价值，质量）：有相同价值或质量的。通常用于否定句中：
例句：
There`s nothing like a good night`s sleep.
没什么比睡一夜好觉更舒服

adv.（副词）
In the manner of being; as if. Used as an intensifier of action:
像…似的，如同：以某种方式；好象。用于激励行动：
例句：
worked like hell; ran like crazy.
拼命工作；发疯似的跑

Informal Probably; likely:
【非正式用语】 可能；也许：
例句：
Like as not she`ll change her mind.
很可能她会改主意

Non-Standard Used to provide emphasis or a pause:
【非标准用语】 用于加强或停顿：
例句：
Like let`s get going.
任我们放纵

n.（名词）
One similar to or like another. Used withthe :
相似物。和the 连用：
例句：
was subject to coughs, asthma, and the like.
易得咳嗽、气喘等类似的病

Often likes Informal An equivalent or similar person or thing; an equal or match:
常作 likes 【非正式用语】 相似之人，相似之物：相同或类似的人或物；相同之物，对等物：
例句：
I`ve never seen the likes of this before. We`ll never see his like again.
我从没见过这样的事。我们将不会再见到他这类人物

conj.Usage Problem （连接词）【用法疑难】
In the same way that; as:
以同样方式；象：
例句：
To dance like she does requires great discipline.
要跳得象她那样好得大量的训练

As if:
似乎：
例句：
It looks like we`ll finish on time.
看起来我们似乎能够按时完成


来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from like [similar] from Old English geloc Old Norse lokr
源自 like [相似的] 源自 古英语 geloc 古斯堪的纳维亚语 lokr
and from like [similarly] from Old English geloce from geloc [similar] * see lok-
并源自 like [相似地] 源自 古英语 geloce 源自 geloc [相似的] *参见 lok-

Writers since Chaucer`s time have usedlike as a conjunction, but 9th-century and 20th-century critics have been so vehement in their condemnations of this usage that a writer who uses the construction in formal style risks being accused of illiteracy or worse.Prudence requiresThe dogs howled as (not like ) we expected them to. Likeis more acceptably used as a conjunction in informal style with verbs such as feel, look, seem, sound, and taste, as inIt looks like we are in for a rough winter. But here tooas if is to be preferred in formal writing. There can be no objection to the use oflike as a conjunction when the following verb is not expressed, as inHe took to politics like a duck to water. See Usage Note at as together
自乔叟年代起，作家就把like 当作连接词用， 但9世纪和20世纪的批评家强烈谴责这种用法，在正式文体中使用这种结构的作家就有可能被指责为文盲或者更糟。为谨慎起见，就写狗不象 （而不是 like ） 我们想的那样叫。 Like在非正式文体中可作为连词和动词如 feel, look, seem, sound 及 taste 连用， 如在看起来我们将有一个难熬的冬天 中。 但这句如果出现于正式文体中人们更倾向于用as if 。 如果其后的动词无明确含义时，将like 作为连接词是不会有任何异议的， 如他对政治简直是如鱼得水 参见 astogether

like
like 3

v.aux.Chiefly Southern U.S. （助动词）【多用于美国南部】
To be just on the point of; be or come near to:
几乎：处于临界点；在或靠近：
例句：
I like to have killed him when he said that.
当他说那事时我几乎要杀了他


来源：
Middle English liken [to compare]
中古英语 liken [比较]
from like [similar] * see like 2
源自 like [相似的，类似的] *参见 like2