(1) 热情 (心，忱)，狂热 (great interest，excitement or admiration) [U]：arouse～激发出热情; have/show great～for sth 对某事抱有/表现出极大的热情; His～for travelling makes him go abroad every year. 他对旅游的狂热使他每年都要出国。look forward to sth with～热切地盼望; feel no～for/about sth 对某事不热心; an outburst of～热情奔放; move sb to～使某人极为感动; fill sb with～使某人充满激情; Nothing great was ever achieved without～. 没有激情，从来就干不成大事。be full of～about 热衷于; do sth on momentary～靠一时的冲动而做某事; overflow with～热情洋溢; with complete lack of～完全缺乏热情; 〖同〗 eagerness，keenness， excitement; 〖反〗 indifference，unconcern，coldness，coolness;

(2) 爱好的事(物); 能激发热情的事物 (something that inspires enthusiasm) [C]：One of her great～was skiing. 她最大的爱好之一是滑雪。Fishing is her～. 钓鱼是她的爱好。have a great～for 对某事极为喜欢; kindle a lively～in 激起某人极大的兴趣; Among many of his～s is a great fondness for Eastern music. 他有许多爱好，喜欢东方音乐是其中之一。〖同〗 interest，passion，devotion，craze，hobby;

be in enthusiasm 怀有热情：be in boundless～怀有无限的热情; in great～over sth 对某事极为热情;

← en′thuse v (使)热心;

→′enthusiast n 热心人