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passion

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n.激情,热情,耶稣的受难和死亡

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passi,pati,path=to suffer(承受;忍受),feelings(感觉)

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affection  anger  ardor  craze  desire  emotion  enthusiasm  fervor  fondness  fury  love  lust  rage  violence    

passion


/'pæʃn; `pæʃən/
n
1 (a) [U, C] strong feeling, eg of hate, love or anger 强烈的情感(如恨、爱、怒)
*She argued with great passion. 她争论时情绪很激动.
* Passions were running high at the meeting, ie people were in an angry or emotional state. 会上群情鼎沸.
(b) [sing] angry state; rage (used esp in the expressions shown) 愤怒, 盛怒(尤用于以下示例)
*be in a passion 在盛怒中
* get/fly into a passion, ie become very angry 勃然大怒.
2 [U] ~ (for sb) intense, esp sexual, love 强烈的爱(尤指性爱)
*His passion for her made him blind to everything else. 他强烈地爱着她, 对其他一切都已熟视无睹.
3 [sing]
(a) ~ for sth strong liking or enthusiasm for sth 酷爱; 热爱
*a passion for chocolate, detective stories, tennis 很喜欢巧克力、侦探小说、网球.
(b) thing for which sb has a strong liking or enthusiasm 酷爱或热中的事物
*Horse-racing is her passion. 赛马是她最喜爱的运动.
* Music is a passion with him. 他酷爱音乐.
4 the Passion [sing] (religion 宗) the suffering and death of Christ 耶稣的受难.

passion


n
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin:Late Latin passio 'suffering', from Latin pati 'to suffer']
[U and C]
a very strong feeling of sexual love
desire
 His eyes were burning with passion.
passion for
 her passion for a married man
[U and C]
a very strong belief or feeling about something
with passion
 He spoke with considerable passion about the importance of art and literature.
 The issue arouses strong passions .
[C]
a very strong liking for something
passion for
 his passion for football
 Gardening was her great passion.
fly into a passion
literary to suddenly become very angry
crime of passionatcrime
1. The adolescent, with his passion for sincerity, always respects a parent who admits that he is wrong, or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust.
    青少年酷爱真诚,对于能够承认错误或无知、甚至承认自己做得不分平或不公正的父母,他们总是尊敬的,

2. The African had a passion to keep his African origin alive.
    “老非洲”有一股强烈的感情,要让他的子孙后代记住他们的祖先是非洲人。

3. The author has put fire and passion into her writing.
    作者在作品里融进了火一样的热情。

4. The glory of burning passion may well have faded, and your love for your wife or husband may not be as exciting or satisfying as it once was, but going off in search of another love will not help your children.
    激情的光焰可能早已减退,对妻子或丈夫的爱也许不及当初那般令人兴奋、那般美满,但转而寻求新的爱情不会对孩子有好处。

5. You can do the same by setting aside time each day to dream with passion about what you want to achieve.
    我们也可以这样做,每天留出时间来带着激情想像一番自己想要获得的成就。

6. She argued with great passion.
    她争论时情绪很激动.

7. So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour.
    现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高,结果对于专业工人的依赖越来越少了。

8. For Marx, work had become a passion, and he was so absorbed in it that he often forgot his meals.
    对马克思来说,工作已经成为了一种爱好,他是如此的投入,以致常常忘记了吃饭。

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