ardour

英 [ˈɑːdə(r)]

美 [ˈɑːrdər]

n.  激情; 热情

复数：ardours　

TEM8

BNC.20938

牛津词典

noun

• 激情；热情
  very strong feelings of enthusiasm or love

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 ardor


• N-UNCOUNT 激情；热情
  Ardouris a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
  1. ...songs of genuine passion and ardour.
     真正富有激情的歌曲
  2. ...my ardor for football.
     我对足球的热情

英英释义

noun

• feelings of great warmth and intensity
  1. he spoke with great ardor
  Synonym:ardorfervorfervourfervencyfirefervidness
• intense feeling of love
  Synonym:ardor
• a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
  1. they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
  2. he felt a kind of religious zeal
  Synonym:ardorelanzeal

双语例句

• The seductive dolce far niente sort of life is fatal to his military ardour.
  迷人、悠闲的生活方式对他的军事热情是极为有害的。
• But it was only the hairdresser curling the young gentlemen, and over& heating his tongs in the ardour of business.
  但实际上只是理发员在给年轻的先生们做卷发，他在热情工作中把火钳子烧得太热了。
• As another man has an ardour for art or music, or natural science, Mr. Pen said that anthropology was his favourite pursuit.
  正如别人爱好艺术、音乐或自然科学那样，小潘说他爱好人类学。
• Another option, of course, is to write a letter to the FT. If your friend is pretending not to notice your ardour she can also pretend not to notice your letter.
  当然，另一个选择是给英国《金融时报》写封信。如果你的朋友现在假装没注意到你的爱慕，她也会假装没注意到你的信。
• Natasha, too, suddenly set to work with the ardour that was characteristic of her in all she did.
  娜塔莎以自己特有的爱管闲事的热情，突然也真干了起来。
• In people's ardour to rebuild, once-taboo ideas are emerging on how to reform and deregulate not just the damaged areas but the country at large ( see article).
  与人民的重建热情共同高涨的，还有一度被视为禁忌的观念，即：如何对受灾地区、甚至对全国进行改革，解除管制（见文章）。
• THE dismal labour market has not sapped the government's ardour for welfare reform, nor that of voters.
  惨淡的就业市场没有浇灭政府和选举人对福利改革的热情。
• I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth. ( No.208).
  我不会嫉妒任何凭智慧和知识得到的荣誉，如果我能忝列在那些给热情于美德和给信心于真理的作家之中。
• His eyes were bright with ardour and indignation.
  他因为满腔的激情和愤慨而两眼发亮。
• He criticized them for lack of revolutionary ardour.
  他批评他们缺少革命热情。