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分享一个知识点： Reader question: Please explain "love to hate" in this sentence – Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate? My comments: Someone you love to hate is someone you hate the most, of all people – or things for that matter. Yet… yet, you probably love them as well. In most cases "hate to love" represents a love-hate relationship. A strong mixed feeling of both love and hatred. The above-mentioned Jerry may have qualities you would love to have yourself but don't. For example, Jerry might be better looking than you are. He may have a lot of girlfriends. He may be rich and successful. He has influence. And yet he is naughty, irresponsible, and arrogant. Rich and influential as he is, you truly believe he should be regarded as a perfect role model if he has only the good qualities mentioned above, that is, without the bad ones. Anyways, you hate him either out of love or jealousy or genuine hatred. But one thing is for sure, it simply brings you pleasure hating him because Jerry is the kind of guy that really stirs up your emotions. Well, we'd better go through more real examples (explanations in brackets after each example are mine): 1.50 office-speak phrases you love to hate "When I worked for Verizon, I found the phrase going forward to be more sinister than annoying. When used by my boss - sorry, "team leader" - it was understood to mean that the topic of conversation was at an end and not be discussed again." | 
