1. admire
Visitors to Switzerland admire the Alps.
I admire you.
I admire a person who expresses a frank opinion.
People I admire most are those who do not see life in terms of power.
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Foreigners admire Mt. Fuji.
Much as I admire him as a writer, I don't like him as a man.
When I considered beautiful things I found that there was nothing for me to do but to gaze and admire.
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.
I really admire Japanese design. It’s my favourite.
One person I really admire is my mother – she's wonderful!
I'm full of admire for the improvements he's made
We admire people who function on very little sleep.
I really admire him because he's such a good musician. I wish I could play guitar as well as he can.
2. marvel
We paused to marvel at the view. [+ that] I often marvel that humans can treat each other so badly.
Then they marvel: "What a lovely house!"
The rain in Sevilla is a marvel.
Medical marvel of nature
I marvel how you could agree to the proposal.
This computer is a technological marvel.
Excuse my marvel, I was not prepared for that
We marveled at the magnificence of his palace.
Have you ever seen a marvel like this?
I always marvel at how big the Grand Canyon is.
We are ready simply to marvel at the fact of living to such a great age.
an engineering marvel; the marvels of nature/technology
both admire and marvel can mean a similar thing. However, we often use marvel when we are surprised, and we use admire to show our respect for someone.
I don't know how he did it - he's an absolute marvel!
Besides, do we marvel at Naples?