mania

英 [ˈmeɪniə]

美 [ˈmeɪniə]

n.  (通常指许多人共有的)强烈的欲望，狂热，极大的热情; 躁狂症

复数：manias　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14608 / COCA.12415

牛津词典

noun

• （通常指许多人共有的）强烈的欲望，狂热，极大的热情
  an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for sth, often shared by a lot of people at the same time
  1. He had a mania for fast cars.
     他是个飞车狂。
  2. Football mania is sweeping the country.
     足球热正风靡全国。
• 躁狂症
  a mental illness in which sb has an obsession about sth that makes them extremely anxious, violent or confused

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 狂热;癖好
  If you say that a person or group has amania forsomething, you mean that they enjoy it very much or spend a lot of time on it.
  1. It seemed to some observers that the English had a mania for travelling...
     在某些观察家看来，英国人对旅行似乎抱有一种狂热。
  2. The media have a mania about rugby union.
     媒体格外青睐英式橄榄球联盟。
  3. ...Mozart mania.
     莫扎特热
• N-UNCOUNT 躁狂症
  Maniais a mental illness which causes the sufferer to become very worried or concerned about something.
  1. ...the treatment of mania...
     对躁狂症的治疗
  2. He almost wouldn't eat at all and had the oddest manias.
     他几乎颗粒未进，走火入魔。

英英释义

noun

• an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
  Synonym:passioncacoethes
• a mood disorder
  Synonym:manic disorder

双语例句

• In his latter years religious mania clouded his mind.
  晚年的时候，对宗教的狂热让他丧失心智。
• A mania restricted to one thing or idea.
  对特定事物或想法的狂热爱好。
• The article describes the religious mania which is sweeping the us.
  文章记述了正风靡全美的宗教狂热。
• I am convinced that only those with a mania to create will get the most out of life.
  我深信只有俱备创造狂热的人，始能从生活中得到最多的收获。
• Kleptomania is a mania for stealing things.
  盗窃癖是一个偷东西的癖好。
• Would you please tell us what Mania looks like?
  可以和我们说说马尼拉的样子吗？
• We were driving at a good rate. He has a mania for ( driving) fast cars.
  我们的汽车开得很快。她有开快车的癖好。
• What allowed this mania and these stories to persist as long as they did?
  是什么让这种狂热和这些故事持续了这么久？
• My religious mania, or whatever it was, is over.
  我的宗教狂热，无论你叫它什么，它已经成为过去了。
• A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression.
  精神紊乱特征是阶段性的狂热或抑郁。