Admire to do sth.很想做某事，admire doing敬佩所做的事。admir是及物动词，通常的结构是admire sb, admire sth,admire sb for sth。

admire基本词义

1.钦佩，赞美，羡慕：

He’s very much admired by his students. 他的学生十分钦佩他。

2.观赏，欣赏：

We stopped to admire the view. 我们停下来欣赏风景。

3.赞美，夸奖：

Aren’t you going to admire my new hat? 你难道不想夸夸我的新帽子吗？

admire用法

1. 其后不接双宾语或that引导的宾语从句，如可说：

I admire his bravery. 但不说：

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

若语义上要接that从句，可考虑改为the fact that结构：

I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them on the telephone. 我羡慕他经常在课外与学生聊天或通过电话与学生聊天。虽然不能后接that从句，但可接疑问词引导的从句：

I admire how well she speaks English. 我羡慕她英语讲得那么好。

2. 其后不接不定式的复合结构，即不说admire sb to do sth，要表示“羡慕(赞赏)某人做某事”，英语可用admire sb [sb’s] doing sth：

They all admired his behaving so bravely. 他们钦佩他表现如此勇敢。

【谚语】If the eyes do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋，心不贪。