mania

英 [ˈmeɪniə]

美 [ˈmeɪniə]

n.  (通常指许多人共有的)强烈的欲望，狂热，极大的热情; 躁狂症

复数：manias　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14608 / COCA.12415

牛津词典

noun

• （通常指许多人共有的）强烈的欲望，狂热，极大的热情
  an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for sth, often shared by a lot of people at the same time
  1. He had a mania for fast cars.
     他是个飞车狂。
  2. Football mania is sweeping the country.
     足球热正风靡全国。
• 躁狂症
  a mental illness in which sb has an obsession about sth that makes them extremely anxious, violent or confused

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 狂热;癖好
  If you say that a person or group has amania forsomething, you mean that they enjoy it very much or spend a lot of time on it.
  1. It seemed to some observers that the English had a mania for travelling...
     在某些观察家看来，英国人对旅行似乎抱有一种狂热。
  2. The media have a mania about rugby union.
     媒体格外青睐英式橄榄球联盟。
  3. ...Mozart mania.
     莫扎特热
• N-UNCOUNT 躁狂症
  Maniais a mental illness which causes the sufferer to become very worried or concerned about something.
  1. ...the treatment of mania...
     对躁狂症的治疗
  2. He almost wouldn't eat at all and had the oddest manias.
     他几乎颗粒未进，走火入魔。

英英释义

noun

• an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
  Synonym:passioncacoethes
• a mood disorder
  Synonym:manic disorder

双语例句

• The article describes the religious mania which is sweeping the us.
  文章记述了正风靡全美的宗教狂热。
• And investor demand has now reached mania levels.
  投资者需求如今已达到近乎狂热的水平。
• However much one may loathe the idea, a private-sector financial mania will finish up as public-sector pain.
  不过，很多人可能会憎恶这个观点：私营部门的金融狂热最终将成为公共部门的痛楚。
• But Mania may know that this is not strictly true.
  但马涅也许知道，严格说来，这不是真的。
• What allowed this mania and these stories to persist as long as they did?
  是什么让这种狂热和这些故事持续了这么久？
• As anyone who reads the news knows, there's been a mania of mergers and acquisitions lately.
  任何看新闻的人都知道，最近出现了一次合并和购买的狂潮。
• Bobo: Andy, you are a badminton mania, I only love swimming.
  波波：安迪，你是羽毛球迷，我只爱游泳。
• In his latter years religious mania clouded his mind.
  晚年的时候，对宗教的狂热让他丧失心智。
• The gold mania was just one aspect of a broader flight from financial to hard assets.
  黄金狂热只是投资者从金融资产逃向硬资产这一更广泛趋势的一个侧面。
• We were driving at a good rate. He has a mania for ( driving) fast cars.
  我们的汽车开得很快。她有开快车的癖好。