enthusiasm
/ɪnˈθjuːzɪæzəm/noun
mass noun
1
- intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval热心, 热忱, 热情:
her energy and enthusiasm for life
她的精力和生活热情
few expressed enthusiasm about the current leaders.
很少有人对目前的领导人表现出兴趣。
1.1
- count noun a thing that arouses such feelings激发热情的东西, 热衷的事物:
the three enthusiasms of his life were politics, religion, and books.
他一生中所热衷的三件事是:政治、宗教和书籍。
2
- archaic, derogatory religious fervour supposedly resulting directly from divine inspiration, typically involving speaking in tongues and wild, uncoordinated movements of the body〈古, 贬〉宗教狂热; 神灵感应。
词源
early 17th cent. (in sense 2): from French enthousiasme, or via late Latin from Greek enthousiasmos, from enthous 'possessed by a god, inspired' (based on theos 'god').