praise, acclaim
这两个词都有“称赞”的意思,它们的区别是：
acclaim侧重称颂的动作,通常表示热情和公开地喝彩或称颂。praise 比较常用,侧重称颂的内容,指用语言或其他方式热烈称赞或表扬某人的品德 、业绩或成就,也可用来表示信教者对神的崇拜或赞美。
praise, admire
这两个词都是“称赞”“夸奖”的意思,且都可用于admire sb for sth 句型。其差别在于：praise是普通用语,而admire带有感叹意味。另外, praise可用于上级对下级的称赞,而admire则多用于平等者。
praise，applaud，commend，compliment
这些动词均有“赞扬、表扬、称赞”之意。
praise普通用词，指用语言或其它方式表示夸奖、赞扬。
applaud指出色的表演或高尚的行为等得到同声赞许、大声叫好或热烈鼓掌。
commend正式用词，指对具体功绩或成就等表示称赞或嘉奖。
compliment侧重客气和礼貌，有时含恭维之意。
To his surprise, he had found himself praising Stanley to Croft.
使他吃惊的是, 自己在克洛夫特面前居然不知不觉还说了史坦利两句好话.
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He is chary of praise [ praising others ].
他吝于 [ 不轻易 ] 称赞别人.
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Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things.
伊丽莎白时代的男学生被教授“学述”学, 亦即博学地歌颂无益事物的人文学科.
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They have been praising you all the time.
他们总在夸奖你.
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His article praising classical Greek art is just gilding lily.
他的那篇高度评价古典希腊艺术的论文真是锦上添花.
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The doctor paid tribute to his nurses by praising their work.
医生称赞护士们的工作.
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They tickled his vanity by praising his work to the skies.
他们极力称赞他的工作以满足他的虚荣心.
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He who does his duty is worthy of praising.
凡是忠于职守的人都值得奖励.
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He was lavish with his praise for / lavish in praising the project.
他对那计画赞不绝口.
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The poet addressed many poems to his mistress, praising her beauty.
这位诗人为他心爱的女子写了许多诗, 歌颂她的美丽.
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I can't help praising that the new plant manager is wise.
不由得暗暗赞叹:还是新上来的厂长有水平!
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The people throughout the country are unanimous in praising them.
全国人民,交口称誉.
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Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.
他们中很多人特别赞扬了影片精炼的对白。
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She suffers all pupil's patriarch's highly praising and respect.
她受到全体小学生家长的高度赞扬与尊敬.
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His selfless spirit is worth praising.
他的无私精神值得赞扬.
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