| 单词 | passionate |
| 释义 | passionate (once / 187 pages) adj Something that is passionate packs emotion, and possibly romantic emotion. A passionate plea will tug on your heartstrings and a passionate kiss will sweep you off your feet. If you want to stay unmoved, stay away from the passionate. If you're passionate about soccer, you can't get enough of it — you've got soccer pennants plastered on your walls, your TV is permanently tuned to the soccer channel, and you probably wear soccer jerseys under your button-down shirt. Passion can also come from intense feelings of love for a person. Be careful — you could be swept up in "a passionate embrace." WORD FAMILYpassionate: dispassionate, passionately, passionateness+/dispassionate: dispassionately, dispassionateness USAGE EXAMPLESA passionate appreciation for the spiritual offerings of the city shines through in “La La Land.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Travelling, which we are both really passionate about. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) He balanced his conflict photography with commercial ventures, which served the purpose of financing the work he was truly passionate about. Time(Dec 30, 2016) adj having or expressing strong emotions Syn|Ant emotional of more than usual emotion enthusiastichaving or showing great excitement and interest hotextended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm lovingfeeling or showing love and affection ablaze, aflame, arousedkeenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torridcharacterized by intense emotion cholericeasily moved to anger demon-riddenas if possessed by demons fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabidmarked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea concupiscent, lustful, lustyvigorously passionate wildin a state of extreme emotion passionless not passionate unemotionalunsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion unenthusiasticnot enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor coldextended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion platonicfree from physical desire unimpassionedfree from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness |
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