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单词 passionately
释义
passionatepas‧sion‧ate /ˈpæʃənət/ ●●○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a passionate love affair
  • a passionate speech
  • As they got to know each other better, their love grew deeper and more passionate.
  • He's passionate about the need to protect the environment.
  • I remember many passionate arguments taking place around this table.
  • Lau has shown herself to be a passionate defender of the poor.
  • She longed to have a mad, passionate affair with him.
  • She was a handsome Spanish woman with a passionate nature and a warm, generous heart.
  • Sometimes I wish he was more passionate, not so rational about everything.
  • Thatcher was always been a passionate believer in the ideals of a free market economy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Days later his passionate affair with cartoonist Sally Anne Lassoon was making headlines.
  • Flint, who had just received an intensive coaching from Matthews and Mulholland, began a passionate appeal.
  • She has been described by former co-workers as tenacious, humane, passionate and at times thin-skinned.
  • The other one, I decided, was too passionate.
  • The result is a passionate, deeply informed account that makes no pretense of being a balanced work of history.
  • Those who know the Duke recognise his passionate interest in the countryside and the wellbeing of those who live by the land.
  • What we are witnessing is the eager consummation that follows a long and passionate seduction.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorbehaving in a way that shows strong feelings
behaving in a way that shows that you have strong feelings about something, for example by crying or shouting: · Grandpa gets very emotional when he talks about the war.emotional outburst (=a sudden powerful expression of strong emotion): · In an emotional outburst, Shahidi told reporters she now had no life worth living.
use this about people who openly show very strong feelings about something, especially love or anger: · She was a handsome Spanish woman with a passionate nature and a warm, generous heart.· Sometimes I wish he was more passionate, not so rational about everything.
if you say, do, or write something with feeling , you do it in a way that shows you have strong feelings about it: · I want you to sing it once more, this time with feeling.· She writes with great feeling about the fate of the refugees, having been a refugee herself in the last year.
an impassioned speech, request, argument etc is full of strong feeling and emotion: · Robins criticized the investigation during an impassioned speech outside police headquarters.· Moore gave an impassioned defense of the government's role in the affair.an impassioned supporter/defender/champion of something: · Muir was an impassioned and persuasive champion of wilderness preservation.
showing that you love someone
someone who is affectionate shows that they are very fond of another person by the way they behave towards them, for example by holding or kissing them: · She's a very affectionate child.· He gave me an affectionate hug and then left.
something that is romantic gives you a feeling of love for your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife etc - use this about places, or things people do or say: · We went for a lovely romantic walk by the lake.· Paris is such a romantic city.· I've always thought it would be so romantic to be serenaded.
behaving in a way that shows that you love someone, especially a member of your family: · Her husband was loving and supportive throughout her long illness.· She was a devoted wife and a very loving mother.
involving strong feelings of sexual love: · She longed to have a mad, passionate affair with him.· As they got to know each other better, their love grew deeper and more passionate.
loving and gentle, especially because you are concerned about someone: · When she spoke, her voice was full of tender concern.· Fleury saw an expression of tender devotion come over his father's face.tender loving care: · I was feeling rather fragile, and in need of tender loving care.
spending all your time thinking about someone you love, especially someone who does not love you: · He knew he was behaving like a lovesick teenager.
very loving and loyal towards someone: · With the support of his devoted wife, he carried on writing until the age of 73.· They remained devoted friends for many years.
: doting mother/grandparent/husband etc a mother, grandparent etc that shows that they love someone, especially someone younger, by paying them a lot of attention: · The doting grandmother smiled and chatted about how well the boy was doing at school.· She managed to find a rich and doting husband for herself.
informal expressing your love for someone in a way that other people think is silly: · It is possible to love someone without going all gooey over them.· We ended up sitting next to a lovey-dovey couple.
a strong feeling/belief
· The subject of abortion always arouses strong emotions.· Stapleton has very strong views on capital punishment.· She had a strong urge to sell everything she owned and travel abroad.· The new police have received strong support from local residents.
a feeling that is intense is extremely strong: · It would give me intense pleasure to beat him at tennis.· As we waited for the winner to be announced, the excitement was intense.· Every car was stopped and searched, which caused intense annoyance to the drivers.
involving strong feelings, especially about what is right and wrong: · I remember many passionate arguments taking place around this table.passionate about: · He's passionate about the need to protect the environment.passionate believer/opponent/supporter etc: · Thatcher has always been a passionate believer in the ideals of a free market economy.
having a great effect on someone: · Jealousy is a very powerful emotion.· Her desire to hit him was so powerful that she had to force herself to leave the room at once.
a deep feeling is one that you feel very strongly, especially a feeling of love, disappointment, or sympathy: · I have always had a deep affection for your family.· The news came as a deep disappointment to us all.· Please accept our deepest sympathies. (=used when someone has died)
very strong and sincere: · Despite her troubled life she has always had a fervent belief in God.fervent admirer/supporter/believer etc: · Most of the people here are fervent supporters of self-determination.
formal very strong and sincere: · He was a man of strong beliefs and had always given ardent support to the Reform cause.· Even his most ardent supporters disagreed with this move.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2nouns
· We had a passionate belief in what we were doing.
· There was no doubt about his passionate commitment to peace.
· She developed a passionate concern for human rights.
· President Johnson was a passionate supporter of the space programme.
· The actress is a vocal and passionate defender of women's rights.
· Senator McCarthy delivered a powerful and passionate speech.
· She made a passionate plea for tolerance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· his passionate belief that technology is a tool to be used for the benefit of mankind
(=hatred that is felt very strongly)· What, I wondered, had I done to provoke such deep hatred?
· She gave him a passionate kiss.
· He wrote about his passionate love for her.
(=full of strong feeling)· She made impassioned speeches on civil rights.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· More recent, more passionate, more obscene still: The Ferry Aid single.· Yet Zeus was always more passionate than regal.· They go to bed and make love, more passionate love than at any other time of their lives.· This happened on several occasions, with the kisses and hugs becoming longer and more passionate as time went on.
· These were some of the most passionate moments of their lives together, the most searingly entwined.· Even the most passionate Eurosceptics and Europhiles concede that there are strong arguments for and against joining.· The end of act one contains some of the most passionate musical outpourings in all of opera.· At the same time, however, the most passionate supporters of the national socialism of Milosevic are women too.· It was the living embodiment of his most passionate convictions.· Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large.· On one hand, he was the most passionate leader one could hope for, a motivating force without parallel.
· She was quiet and serious but very passionate underneath, Aunt Kit says, rather like Emily Brontë.
NOUN
· She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo's husband Joey, 36.· And they be-came engaged immediately in a passionate affair of love that went on for several days.· Days later his passionate affair with cartoonist Sally Anne Lassoon was making headlines.· They all say there were no passionate affairs but occasionally the tempters must have been successful.
· No way, no how, no hope had to be countered by a passionate belief in justified struggle.· Intensity of feeling, passionate belief, and utter commitment to the behavior therapist are rare.· These are the bases of the passionate beliefs of this renowned astrologer.· His passionate belief in the strength of the Doctor Who ethos saw him extending its repertoire into a whole range of media.
· Often the initial struggles of such programs show a passionate commitment which somehow overcomes many an uncertainty and lack.· All of them, however, speak of their work with a sincere and passionate commitment.· Both are notable for their fine sense of style and for playing of passionate commitment.· Countless Labour candidates spent the election defending their passionate commitment to a statutory minimum wage and workers' rights.
· It was the living embodiment of his most passionate convictions.· The rural picturesque was not only an artistic manner with her, it was a passionate conviction.
· The passionate desire to prevent war determined the whole initial course and direction of the study.· The body thus becomes an expression, or a medium, for a deep and passionate desire.
· He showed passionate intensity without any focus.· The worst, as always, are informed of passionate intensity.· Aye, I believe you have shown a peculiarly passionate intensity.· The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.· The Tchaikovsky was decently played but it lacked the passionate intensity that the score asks for, if not demands.
· Clarke had a passionate interest in calculating the figure of the Earth, another central problem for an accurate topographical survey.· But true enthusiasts are not inspired by making money - their only concern is a passionate interest in the buildings themselves.· What Amanda was wearing underneath had once been a matter of passionate interest to Don.· The sense of violence and anger, together with passionate interest, spilled out all over the place.· Many of the manifestations of this passionate interest in ceremonial and precedence were not particularly dangerous.· Those who know the Duke recognise his passionate interest in the countryside and the wellbeing of those who live by the land.· The family moved to Bramley in Surrey when she was five and there she developed a passionate interest in wild flowers.
· She also wanted him to undress her and make wild passionate love.· Lucy envies a young couple she sees on the beach, imagining the passionate love they will make.· So this was not the equivalent of a father wanting to pass on the passionate love of his hobby to his children.· The shouting voices did not belong to our little world of passionate love.· In fact, the ideal represented by her brother seems to have rendered her incapable of passionate love.· A swift wartime courtship, a deep passionate love of a few weeks, then marriage, separation and death.
· Who would have guessed, looking at that stern Capricorn exterior, that such a passionate man lurked inside?· Everett was a complex and passionate man who could think economically.· Some people feel them as a kind of outrage and violation, and Boden was a strong-minded and passionate man.· Doyle, a passionate man who says pretty much what he thinks, has upset more than a few with his assessments.
· He issued a passionate plea to Labour and the Conservatives to spell out what they would do in a hung Parliament.
1showing or involving very strong feelings of sexual love:  He had a brief but passionate love affair with an older woman. a very passionate young man a passionate lover a passionate kiss2someone who has a passionate belief believes something very strongly:  a passionate supporter of women’s rights He had a passionate belief in justice.3if you are passionate about something, you like it a lot:  She developed a passionate interest in wild flowers.passionate about I’ve always been passionate about football.—passionately adverb:  He kissed her passionately. Peter is passionately involved in environmental issues.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2nounsa passionate belief/conviction· We had a passionate belief in what we were doing.a passionate commitment to something· There was no doubt about his passionate commitment to peace.a passionate concern for something· She developed a passionate concern for human rights.a passionate supporter of somebody/something· President Johnson was a passionate supporter of the space programme.a passionate defender of something· The actress is a vocal and passionate defender of women's rights.a passionate speech· Senator McCarthy delivered a powerful and passionate speech.a passionate plea· She made a passionate plea for tolerance.
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