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单词 fond
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Definition of fond in English:

fond

adjectivefɒndfɑnd
  • 1fond ofHaving an affection or liking for.

    喜爱的,喜欢的

    I'm very fond of Mel

    我非常喜欢梅尔。

    he was not too fond of dancing

    他不太喜欢跳舞。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've never been particularly fond of the gender politics in his work.
    • I also became rather fond of a very saucy mouse in my office.
    • She had grown rather fond of the European drink and found it to be relaxing to sit and sip.
    • Somehow, I didn't think Noriko would be particularly fond of either idea.
    • Pundits and politicians are fond of referring to the campaign as a conversation between the candidates and the public.
    • And this presents on screen the kind of duality of which Brecht was so fond on the stage.
    • She was quick to notice that one of Bingley's sisters seemed quite fond of Mr. Darcy.
    • Nevertheless, as leading economists are fond of pointing out, the dollar remains king.
    • Maybe they're guilty of collective naivete, but I've grown fond of American optimism.
    • The dead, as he is very fond of saying, don't care.
    • He is fond of the occasional drink and is considered to be good company.
    • Blakiston wrote short stories, of which for a time I was very fond.
    • We seem overly fond of " Zen " imagery these days.
    • He was becoming too fond of her nickname; they weren't that friendly, yet.
    • Moreover, Shyamalan seems to be too fond of withholding information from the audience.
    • Some writers' memoirs make you so fond of them that you wish you knew them personally.
    • And a few pages later, he offers one of those partial explanations of which historians are so fond.
    • But over the years as he matured, she grew quite fond of him.
    • As they are fond of pointing out here, don't run from hurricanes; they drink hurricanes.
    • When tipsy or sober, the painter and Jew was mild, charming and fond of quoting Dante.
    Synonyms
    keen on, partial to, addicted to, enthusiastic about, passionate about
    attached to, attracted to, enamoured of, in love with, with a soft spot for
    informal into, hooked on, gone on, wild about, nuts about, potty about, dotty about, crazy about, sweet on, struck on
    1. 1.1attributive Affectionate; loving.
      深情的,爱慕的
      I have very fond memories of Oxford

      我对牛津一往情深。

      a fond farewell
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Do you have any especially fond memories of those times that you might share?
      • All of those fond recollections makes it so nice to go back there year after year.
      • Other friends are enlisted to pen fond reminiscences.
      • If you expect a moment of regret and fond reminiscence you're very much mistaken.
      • Two weeks ago, his fondest wish was to die and be with her again.
      • Pupils at a Keighley school bid a fond farewell to two of its pupils.
      • Having invested our fondest hopes in that remote goal, we risked a wounding disillusionment.
      • She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew.
      • When covering Glenn's early years, it reads like a mother's fond remembrances.
      • Does this illustrate the concept of " absence makes the heart grow fonder"?
      • Believe it or don't, but Levine seems to have some pretty fond memories from his visits.
      • The danger with such a collection is that it can degenerate into an overly nostalgic, overly fond remembrance.
      • I guess I knew then that those fond days of carefree friendship would never return.
      • He was held in fond regard by all of them and will be sadly missed.
      • Oddly, this fond remembrance didn't seem to put Pietro at ease.
      • Now, Layla's fondest wish is to work with Sora again.
      • He served from 1929 to 1955, leaving behind a legacy of material treasures as well as fond memories.
      • He has few fond recollections of his six weeks in a German jail cell.
      • This was all of course when I was the better part of twelve, and it is something I can look back on now with fond amusement.
      Synonyms
      adoring, devoted, doting, loving, caring, affectionate, warm, tender, kind, attentive, solicitous
      indulgent, overindulgent, overfond
  • 2attributive (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive.

    (希望,信念)盲目乐观的,天真的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hope of youth's but a fond dream, and suits only lighter souls than mine.
    • Even in defeat, he sees success and vows to contest again with the fond hope that he will emerge a victor one day.
    • In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.
    • I tell the previous National speaker that it is a fond hope that it is a full and final settlement.
    • The list of such fond dicta could be extended indefinitely.
    • However they are full of fond imaginings, for instance that rugby is the most popular sport in South Africa.
    • When the evidence came to the select committee, he found that it did not sustain his fond beliefs.
    • This has always struck me as a fond illusion, but let's go with it for a while.
    • Riding on his dream vehicle for nearly 25 years now, this man has no fond fancies for fast cars.
    • Mr Longestaffe's fond hope was that the whole £50,000 should be applied to Caversham's debt.
    • Our age is more dominated by scientific theory than was Spinoza's, but only a fond illusion persuades us that it is more guided by the truth.
    • We will get along much more cosily if Caroline and not Katherine reads the fond hopes and wishes of her most humble servant.
    • Zeno's sins are real enough: it is his innocence that he invents, his innocence that is his fond fantasy.
    • That fond hope never materialised and there was no reason to suppose it would.
    Synonyms
    unrealistic, naive, foolish, foolishly optimistic, over-optimistic, deluded, delusory, absurd, empty, vain
    rare Panglossian

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'infatuated, foolish'): from obsolete fon 'a fool, be foolish', of unknown origin. Compare with fun.

  • The root of both fond and fun is the medieval word fon, which meant ‘a fool’. Fond originally meant ‘foolish, silly’, or ‘mad’, and did not acquire the modern sense ‘affectionate’ until the end of the 16th century—Shakespeare appears to have been the first to use ‘fond of’, in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Someone you are fond of came to be called a fondling in the mid 17th century. The word may have fallen out of use, but lives on in to fondle, formed from fondling in the late 17th century.

Rhymes

abscond, beau monde, beyond, blonde, bond, correspond, demi-monde, despond, frond, Gironde, haut monde, pond, respond, ronde, second, wand

Definition of fond in US English:

fond

adjectivefändfɑnd
fond of
  • 1predicative Having an affection or liking for.

    喜爱的,喜欢的

    I'm very fond of Mike

    我非常喜欢梅尔。

    he was not too fond of dancing

    他不太喜欢跳舞。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We seem overly fond of " Zen " imagery these days.
    • Somehow, I didn't think Noriko would be particularly fond of either idea.
    • She was quick to notice that one of Bingley's sisters seemed quite fond of Mr. Darcy.
    • Nevertheless, as leading economists are fond of pointing out, the dollar remains king.
    • Pundits and politicians are fond of referring to the campaign as a conversation between the candidates and the public.
    • And this presents on screen the kind of duality of which Brecht was so fond on the stage.
    • Moreover, Shyamalan seems to be too fond of withholding information from the audience.
    • I've never been particularly fond of the gender politics in his work.
    • He was becoming too fond of her nickname; they weren't that friendly, yet.
    • Maybe they're guilty of collective naivete, but I've grown fond of American optimism.
    • Some writers' memoirs make you so fond of them that you wish you knew them personally.
    • Blakiston wrote short stories, of which for a time I was very fond.
    • But over the years as he matured, she grew quite fond of him.
    • And a few pages later, he offers one of those partial explanations of which historians are so fond.
    • The dead, as he is very fond of saying, don't care.
    • She had grown rather fond of the European drink and found it to be relaxing to sit and sip.
    • As they are fond of pointing out here, don't run from hurricanes; they drink hurricanes.
    • When tipsy or sober, the painter and Jew was mild, charming and fond of quoting Dante.
    • I also became rather fond of a very saucy mouse in my office.
    • He is fond of the occasional drink and is considered to be good company.
    Synonyms
    keen on, partial to, addicted to, enthusiastic about, passionate about
    1. 1.1attributive Affectionate; loving.
      深情的,爱慕的
      waving a fond farewell to her parents
      reading it brought many fond memories of our childhood
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This was all of course when I was the better part of twelve, and it is something I can look back on now with fond amusement.
      • Having invested our fondest hopes in that remote goal, we risked a wounding disillusionment.
      • I guess I knew then that those fond days of carefree friendship would never return.
      • When covering Glenn's early years, it reads like a mother's fond remembrances.
      • Does this illustrate the concept of " absence makes the heart grow fonder"?
      • He was held in fond regard by all of them and will be sadly missed.
      • He has few fond recollections of his six weeks in a German jail cell.
      • Pupils at a Keighley school bid a fond farewell to two of its pupils.
      • Oddly, this fond remembrance didn't seem to put Pietro at ease.
      • Do you have any especially fond memories of those times that you might share?
      • If you expect a moment of regret and fond reminiscence you're very much mistaken.
      • He served from 1929 to 1955, leaving behind a legacy of material treasures as well as fond memories.
      • All of those fond recollections makes it so nice to go back there year after year.
      • Believe it or don't, but Levine seems to have some pretty fond memories from his visits.
      • She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew.
      • The danger with such a collection is that it can degenerate into an overly nostalgic, overly fond remembrance.
      • Now, Layla's fondest wish is to work with Sora again.
      • Other friends are enlisted to pen fond reminiscences.
      • Two weeks ago, his fondest wish was to die and be with her again.
      Synonyms
      adoring, devoted, doting, loving, caring, affectionate, warm, tender, kind, attentive, solicitous
    2. 1.2attributive (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive.
      (希望,信念)盲目乐观的,天真的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mr Longestaffe's fond hope was that the whole £50,000 should be applied to Caversham's debt.
      • The hope of youth's but a fond dream, and suits only lighter souls than mine.
      • Our age is more dominated by scientific theory than was Spinoza's, but only a fond illusion persuades us that it is more guided by the truth.
      • The list of such fond dicta could be extended indefinitely.
      • Riding on his dream vehicle for nearly 25 years now, this man has no fond fancies for fast cars.
      • We will get along much more cosily if Caroline and not Katherine reads the fond hopes and wishes of her most humble servant.
      • In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.
      • When the evidence came to the select committee, he found that it did not sustain his fond beliefs.
      • Even in defeat, he sees success and vows to contest again with the fond hope that he will emerge a victor one day.
      • That fond hope never materialised and there was no reason to suppose it would.
      • However they are full of fond imaginings, for instance that rugby is the most popular sport in South Africa.
      • Zeno's sins are real enough: it is his innocence that he invents, his innocence that is his fond fantasy.
      • I tell the previous National speaker that it is a fond hope that it is a full and final settlement.
      • This has always struck me as a fond illusion, but let's go with it for a while.
      Synonyms
      unrealistic, naive, foolish, foolishly optimistic, over-optimistic, deluded, delusory, absurd, empty, vain

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘infatuated, foolish’): from obsolete fon ‘a fool, be foolish’, of unknown origin. Compare with fun.

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