ma·ni·a
noun/ˈmeɪniə/
/ˈmeɪniə/
- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] mania (for something/for doing something) an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for something, often shared by a lot of people at the same time
synonym craze(通常指许多人共有的)强烈的欲望,狂热,极大的热情 - She attacked fashion's mania for thinness.
她抨击了时尚界对瘦身的狂热。 - Football mania is sweeping the country.
足球热正风靡全国。 - There is so much hype and mania around these products.
围绕这些产品有太多的炒作和狂热。 - The violence of the crowd can only be explained as a sign of some collective mania.
人群的暴力行为只能解释为某种集体躁狂症的表现。 - This is another example of Hollywood’s new mania for ghost movies.
这是好莱坞对鬼片新狂热的另一个例子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dotcom
- financial
- merger
- …
- have
- mania for
- She attacked fashion's mania for thinness.
- [uncountable] (psychology) a mental illness in which somebody feels extremely active and excited with a lot of energy, may not feel like sleeping or eating, and may see or believe things that are not real
一种精神疾病,患者感到极度活跃和兴奋,精力充沛,可能不想睡觉或吃饭,可能会看到或相信不真实的事情 - During periods of mania she felt extremely creative.
在狂热时期,她感到非常有创造力。 - Children with bipolar disorder will experience discrete episodes of depression and mania, as adults do.
患有双相情感障碍的儿童会像成年人一样经历间歇性的抑郁和躁狂发作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- religious
- a state of mania
- During periods of mania she felt extremely creative.
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘madness’, from mainesthai ‘be mad’.