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单词 fervent
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Definition of fervent in English:

fervent

adjective ˈfəːv(ə)ntˈfərvənt
  • 1Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

    a fervent supporter of the revolution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a fervent supporter of air power and had, unlike some of his colleagues, little faith in battleships.
    • For them, there was only one prerequisite to opening a dancehall: a fervent passion for music and entertainment.
    • My father's passion was a very fervent one, and I think that definitely rubbed off on all of us.
    • While the Guardian campaign might have fired up voters, the Republicans ran a fervent campaign to mobilise supporters in rural Ohio.
    • Chen's speech may have disappointed pro-independence voters in Taiwan who are his fervent supporters.
    • The letter bears no signature and no address; it's at once passionate and oblique, fervent and cryptic.
    • The previous government of Jose Maria Aznar was one of the most fervent supporters of military action.
    • And that fervent intensity so early in the morning… somehow a man gets to thinking too.
    • But, dressed in yellow, she led her musicians with a fervent intensity.
    • In that he was successful beyond the wildest dreams of even the most fervent supporter.
    • The sheer reverence and admiration for these legends could be readily manipulated into fervent nationalist passion.
    • He was an outspoken abolitionist and a fervent supporter of Reconstruction.
    • Labour also believes that fervent Tory supporters were among the team counting the votes, and believes it to be unjust.
    • A fervent Hull City supporter and former Uppingham School pupil, Mr Carver was also interested in gardens and historic houses.
    • Thomas Paine, Ethan Allen and others were also fervent supporters of this doctrine.
    • Hitler was born an Austrian, and during the Nazi period many Austrians were among his most fervent supporters.
    • Otherwise, how are we to explain Neruda's fervent and impassioned commitment to the working class?
    • They were white Afrikaners and fervent supporters of apartheid; their daughter was black.
    • While the rhetoric may speak of a learning year for the team and drivers alike, there is a fervent passion and desire for success within the squad.
    • Among the Democrats' richest and most fervent supporters, this may be the number one issue.
    Synonyms
    impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, ardent, sincere, feeling, profound, deep-seated, heartfelt, deeply felt, emotional, animated, spirited
    enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, wholehearted, avid, eager, earnest, keen, committed, dedicated, devout
    informal mad keen, card-carrying, true blue
    British informal keen as mustard
    rare fervid, perfervid, passional
  • 2archaic Hot, burning, or glowing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But carrying in our hearts fervent coals of His hope and faith we can journey in the courage of His peace.
    • The "eternal fire" also symbolizes the love of homeland which is always alive like a fervent fire.
    Synonyms
    bright, shining, radiant, glimmering, flickering, twinkling, incandescent, candescent, luminous, luminescent, phosphorescent

Derivatives

  • fervency

  • noun ˈfəːvənsiˈfərv(ə)nsi
    • Well, Sontag points to the ‘passionate bleakness’ of ‘a restless, chronically dissatisfied mind’ that offers us ‘moral fervency and gifts of compassion’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has succeeded in expressing the fervency and zeal both of the minister and his congregation.
      • Bernard was not content with careful exegesis and orthodox doctrine - there is also an unusual fervency and passion in the sermons.
      • There hasn't been great fervency for football up here but I detect a change and that the club is now capturing our public's imagination.
      • It is with the same level of fervency that I'm told in the media that the postmodernist EU is all sweetness and light while the US acts ‘selfishly’ or as a ‘bully boy’.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin fervent- 'boiling', from the verb fervere. Compare with fervid and fervour.

Rhymes

observant, servant
 
 

Definition of fervent in US English:

fervent

adjectiveˈfərvəntˈfərvənt
  • 1Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

    a fervent disciple of tax reform
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was an outspoken abolitionist and a fervent supporter of Reconstruction.
    • While the rhetoric may speak of a learning year for the team and drivers alike, there is a fervent passion and desire for success within the squad.
    • While the Guardian campaign might have fired up voters, the Republicans ran a fervent campaign to mobilise supporters in rural Ohio.
    • Labour also believes that fervent Tory supporters were among the team counting the votes, and believes it to be unjust.
    • He was a fervent supporter of air power and had, unlike some of his colleagues, little faith in battleships.
    • Otherwise, how are we to explain Neruda's fervent and impassioned commitment to the working class?
    • Among the Democrats' richest and most fervent supporters, this may be the number one issue.
    • They were white Afrikaners and fervent supporters of apartheid; their daughter was black.
    • Hitler was born an Austrian, and during the Nazi period many Austrians were among his most fervent supporters.
    • My father's passion was a very fervent one, and I think that definitely rubbed off on all of us.
    • For them, there was only one prerequisite to opening a dancehall: a fervent passion for music and entertainment.
    • But, dressed in yellow, she led her musicians with a fervent intensity.
    • Chen's speech may have disappointed pro-independence voters in Taiwan who are his fervent supporters.
    • The letter bears no signature and no address; it's at once passionate and oblique, fervent and cryptic.
    • A fervent Hull City supporter and former Uppingham School pupil, Mr Carver was also interested in gardens and historic houses.
    • And that fervent intensity so early in the morning… somehow a man gets to thinking too.
    • In that he was successful beyond the wildest dreams of even the most fervent supporter.
    • The previous government of Jose Maria Aznar was one of the most fervent supporters of military action.
    • Thomas Paine, Ethan Allen and others were also fervent supporters of this doctrine.
    • The sheer reverence and admiration for these legends could be readily manipulated into fervent nationalist passion.
    Synonyms
    impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, ardent, fervid, sincere, feeling, profound, deep-seated, heartfelt, deeply felt, emotional, animated, spirited
    1. 1.1archaic Hot, burning, or glowing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But carrying in our hearts fervent coals of His hope and faith we can journey in the courage of His peace.
      • The "eternal fire" also symbolizes the love of homeland which is always alive like a fervent fire.
      Synonyms
      bright, shining, radiant, glimmering, flickering, twinkling, incandescent, candescent, luminous, luminescent, phosphorescent

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin fervent- ‘boiling’, from the verb fervere. Compare with fervid and fervor.

 
 
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