admire敬佩，钦佩〔某人的成就〕；羡慕〔某人的技能或品质〕

I admire your courage. 我佩服你的勇气。

What business or technology person do you admire most?

您最仰慕的商界或技术界人物是谁？

He was much admired for his work on medieval literature.

他因为对中世纪文学的论述而深受仰慕。

One minute she was telling me howmuch she admired me.

头一分钟她告诉你她有多仰慕你。

I've always admired you so, I wish I could be more like you.

我一向很仰慕你，我希望能更多的像你一点。

She admired him for the way he dealt with the situation. 她佩服他处理这个局面的办法。

respect 尊敬

Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage.

尊重和伴侣关系是婚姻的牢固基础。

He's a man whose opinion I respect.

他是我尊重其意见的人。

Their marriage was founded on love and mutual respect.

他们的婚姻建立在爱情和互相尊重的基础上。

Prisoners have legal rights, but in practice these rights are not alwaysrespected.

囚犯虽有合法的权利，但实际上这些权利常未受到尊重。

She is respected by all her colleagues at the university. 她受到大学里所有同事的尊敬。

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look up to sb

to admire someone who is older or who has more experience than you 钦佩某人〔指年长或更有经验的人〕

All the young comedians look up to him. 所有的年轻喜剧演员都敬佩他。

think highly of sb

to think that someone is good at what they do 对某人评价很高

His teachers seem to think very highly of him. 老师们似乎都对他评价很高。