ardour

英 [ˈɑːdə(r)]

美 [ˈɑːrdər]

n.  激情; 热情

复数：ardours　

TEM8

BNC.20938

牛津词典

noun

• 激情；热情
  very strong feelings of enthusiasm or love

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 ardor


• N-UNCOUNT 激情；热情
  Ardouris a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
  1. ...songs of genuine passion and ardour.
     真正富有激情的歌曲
  2. ...my ardor for football.
     我对足球的热情

英英释义

noun

• feelings of great warmth and intensity
  1. he spoke with great ardor
  Synonym:ardorfervorfervourfervencyfirefervidness
• intense feeling of love
  Synonym:ardor
• a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
  1. they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
  2. he felt a kind of religious zeal
  Synonym:ardorelanzeal

双语例句

• They showed great ardour for the cause of helping deprived children.
  他们对帮助贫困儿童表现出极大的热忱。
• THE dismal labour market has not sapped the government's ardour for welfare reform, nor that of voters.
  惨淡的就业市场没有浇灭政府和选举人对福利改革的热情。
• The propaganda apparatus can still Kindle ardour among better-fed ordinary citizens in Pyongyang, but it is impossible to determine the loyalty of elites.
  朝鲜的宣传机器仍能鼓动起粮食供给比较充足的平壤普通市民的热情，但它是否能让精英阶层效忠金正恩却是个未知数。
• I saw him go to sermon, full of devout zeal, strengthening his reason with the ardour of his love.
  我看见他走进教堂听道，他满怀虔敬的热诚，并以他那热烈的仁爱加强了他的理智。
• Not only can it consummate the traditional way for the articulation of interests, but also it can waken the ardour of people to be concerned with the politics farthest.
  它不仅完善了在传统的问政方式上的表达方式，而且还激发了广大人们的参与政治活动的热情。
• In people's ardour to rebuild, once-taboo ideas are emerging on how to reform and deregulate not just the damaged areas but the country at large ( see article).
  与人民的重建热情共同高涨的，还有一度被视为禁忌的观念，即：如何对受灾地区、甚至对全国进行改革，解除管制（见文章）。
• But it was only the hairdresser curling the young gentlemen, and over& heating his tongs in the ardour of business.
  但实际上只是理发员在给年轻的先生们做卷发，他在热情工作中把火钳子烧得太热了。
• As another man has an ardour for art or music, or natural science, Mr. Pen said that anthropology was his favourite pursuit.
  正如别人爱好艺术、音乐或自然科学那样，小潘说他爱好人类学。
• If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest in all its ardour and paradoxes than our travels.
  假如我们的生活其要义在于追求幸福，那么除却旅行，也许极少有别的活动能如此充分地显示这一追求过程中所有的热情和矛盾。
• His eyes were bright with ardour and indignation.
  他因为满腔的激情和愤慨而两眼发亮。