pas‧sion W3 / pæʃ ə n / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a very strong feeling of sexual love → desire :

His eyes were burning with passion.

passion for

her passion for a married man

2 [可数和不可数名词] 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 .

3 [可数名词] a very strong liking for something

passion for

his passion for football

Gardening was her great passion.

4 fly into a passion literary to suddenly become very angry

→ crime of passion at crime ( 5 )

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great passion The orchestra plays with great passion.

strong passions In this area, the issue has already stirred strong passions.

动词

arouse/stir passions (= cause strong feelings in people ) The case aroused passions throughout the country.

短语

passions run high (= people are very excited, angry, or upset ) The judge’s decision is expected today and passions are running high.

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a great passion Birds were my great passion.

a lifelong passion His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood.

a consuming passion (= a very strong interest, or something you are very interested in ) The young Wordsworth had a consuming passion for poetry. | For years, acting and the stage had been his consuming passion.

动词

have a passion for something She had a passion for music.

indulge your passion for something (= do something that you enjoy doing very much ) The money enabled him to indulge his passion for horses.