fond

英 [f?nd] 美[fɑnd]

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比較級:?fonder;最高級:?fondest;名詞:?fondness;

1. 諧音“芳的”-----芳心于什么什么的、對什么什么充滿芳心的。
2. fun => fond.
3. 諧音“方德”------方德喜歡苗翠花。

fond 喜愛，溺愛

來自古英語fon, 傻，簡單，詞源同fun. 詞義由傻引申為發(fā)狂，喜愛，溺愛等。類似詞義演變比較infatuation.

fond: fond: [14] Fond originally meant ‘foolish’, and the likeliest explanation of its rather problematic origin is that it was a derivative of the Middle English noun fon ‘fool’ (its Middle English spelling fonned suggests that it was formed with the suffix -ed, just as wretched was formed from wretch). However, where fon (probably a relative of modern English fun) comes from is another matter.

Links with Swedish f?ne ‘fool’ have been suggested but never established for certain. The adjective’s modern meaning ‘having a great liking’, incidentally, developed in the 16th century via an intermediate ‘foolishly doting’. Fondle [17] is a back-formation from the now obsolete fondling ‘foolish person’, a derivative of fond.
=> fondle, fun
fond (adj.): late 14c., "deranged, insane;" also "foolish, silly, unwise," from fonned, past participle adjective from obsolete verb fon, fonne (Middle English fonnen) "be foolish, be simple," from Middle English fonne "a fool, stupid person" (early 14c.), which is of uncertain origin but perhaps from Scandinavian. Related: Fonder; fondest.

Meaning evolved via "foolishly tender" to "having strong affections for" (by 1570s). Another sense of the verb fon was "to lose savor" (late 14c. in Middle English past participle fonnyd), which may be the original meaning of the word:
Gif te salt be fonnyd it is not worti [Wyclif, Matt. v:13, c. 1380]

1. He seemed fond of her in a strictly professional way.: 他似乎只是出于職業(yè)緣故而喜歡她。

2. I'm very fond of Maurice and I'd make him a good wife.: 我非常喜歡莫里斯，我會成為他的賢內(nèi)助的。

3. She was especially fond of a little girl named Betsy.: 她尤其偏愛一個(gè)名叫貝齊的小女孩。

4. She had become so fond of him, almost against her better judgement.: 雖然明知不對，她還是深深喜歡上了他。

5. My fond hope is that we will be ready by Christmastime.: 我癡想著希望我們可以在圣誕假期前準(zhǔn)備就緒。