love

	a love song/story 爱情歌曲╱故事
	We're in love ! 我们相爱了！
	She was in love with him . 她与他相爱了。
	They fell in love with each other. 他们彼此相爱了。
	It was love at first sight(= they were attracted to each other the first time they met) . 那是一见钟情。
	They're madly in love . 他们狂热地相爱。
	Their love grew with the years. 他们的爱逐年加深。

乐趣enjoyment

3.	[u][sing] 喜好；喜爱the strong feeling of enjoyment that sth gives you

	a love of learning 对知识的喜爱
	He's in love with his work. 他热爱自己的工作。
	I fell in love with the house. 我喜欢上了这房子。

所爱的人╱物sb/sth you like

4.	[c] 心爱的人；钟爱之物；爱好a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much

	Take care, my love. 保重，我的爱人。
	He was the love of my life(= the person I loved most) . 他是我一生中最爱的人。
	I like most sports but tennis is my first love . 大多数运动我都喜欢，而网球是我的第一爱好。

友好的称呼friendly name

5.	[c] (informal) （昵称）亲爱的a word used as a friendly way of addressing sb

Can I help you, love?

亲爱的，我能帮你忙吗？

网球in tennis

6.	[u] 零分a score of zero (points or games)

	40–love! 40 比 0 ！
	She won the first set six–love/six games to love . 她以六比零赢了第一盘。

IDM

They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.

他们都是义务工作的志愿者。

(just) for love|(just) for the love of sth

出于爱好；不收报酬；无偿without receiving payment or any other reward

They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.

他们都是义务工作的志愿者。

For the love of God, tell me what he said!

看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！

for the love of God

(informal)

（表示愤怒和不耐烦）看在上帝的分上，哎呀，求求你used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient

For the love of God, tell me what he said!

看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！

	Give my love to Mary when you see her. 你见到玛丽代我向她问好。
	Bob sends his love. 鲍勃向你致意。

give/send my love to sb

(informal)

向某人致意（或问候）used to send good wishes to sb

	Give my love to Mary when you see her. 你见到玛丽代我向她问好。
	Bob sends his love. 鲍勃向你致意。

Lots of love, Jenny

非常爱你的珍妮

love from|lots of love (from)

(informal)

（用于给朋友或所爱的人的信结尾具名前）爱你的used at the end of a letter to a friend or to sb you love, followed by your name

Lots of love, Jenny

非常爱你的珍妮

love is blind

爱情是盲目的，爱让人蒙蔽双眼（指恋爱中的人看不到对方缺点）when you love sb, you cannot see their faults

It was the first time they had made love.

那是他们第一次发生性关系。

make love (to sb)

有性行为；性交；做爱to have sex

It was the first time they had made love.

那是他们第一次发生性关系。

We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money.

我们无论如何也找不到一辆出租车。

not for love or/nor money

决不；无论怎样也不if you say you cannot do sthfor love nor money , you mean it is completely impossible to do it

We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money.

我们无论如何也找不到一辆出租车。

There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.

她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。

theres little/no love lost between A and B

（…之间）彼此厌恶，互无好感they do not like each other

There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.

她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。

感到爱feel affection

1.	~ sb/sth 爱；热爱to have very strong feelings of affection for sb

	I love you. 我爱你。
	If you love each other, why not get married? 要是你们彼此相爱，干吗不结婚呢？
	Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS. 她至爱的兄弟因艾滋病而濒临死亡。
	He had become a well-loved member of staff. 他已成为受人喜爱的职员。
	Relatives need time to grieve over loved ones they have lost. 亲属需要时间痛悼他们失去的至爱。
	to love your country 热爱你的祖国

喜欢；爱好like/enjoy

2.	喜欢；喜爱to like or enjoy sth very much

	I really love summer evenings. 我非常喜欢夏天的夜晚。
	I just love it when you bring me presents! 我就喜欢你送我礼物！
	He loved the way she smiled. 他喜欢她微笑的样子。
	I love it in Spain(= I like the life there) . 我喜欢西班牙的生活。
	It was one of his best-loved songs. 这是他最受喜爱的歌曲之一。
	You're going to love this. They've changed their minds again. 你会喜欢的，他们又改变主意了。
	My dad loves going to football games. 我父亲爱去看足球赛。
	I love to go out dancing. 我喜欢出去跳舞。
	He loved her to sing to him. 他喜欢让她唱歌给他听。

3.	~ to do sth 很喜欢；很愿意used to say that you would very much like sth

	Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing. 来吧，罗里，孩子们都很喜欢听你唱歌。
	I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go. 我没去过巴西，但很想去。
	I'd love her to come and live with us. 我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。
	‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’ “要抽支烟吗？”“我倒很乐意抽一支，可我刚把烟戒了。”

IDM

Well, time to love you and leave you.

唉，我该走了，不想走也得走哇。

love you and leave you

(informal)

（表示想留却必须离开）不得不走used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer

Well, time to love you and leave you.

唉，我该走了，不想走也得走哇。