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

• 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。
• His eyes were bright with ardour and indignation.
  他因为满腔的激情和愤慨而两眼发亮。
• I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth. ( No.208).
  我不会嫉妒任何凭智慧和知识得到的荣誉，如果我能忝列在那些给热情于美德和给信心于真理的作家之中。
• His ardour was stilled by the impact of her words.
  他的满腔激情被她那番话的冲击平息了。
• 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 ardour cooled after only a few weeks.
  他的激情仅过了几个星期就冷却了。
• Natasha, too, suddenly set to work with the ardour that was characteristic of her in all she did.
  娜塔莎以自己特有的爱管闲事的热情，突然也真干了起来。
• Every time she held the skimmer under the pump to cool it for the work her hand trembled, the ardour of his affection being so palpable that she seemed to flinch under it like a plant in too burning a sun.
  她每次把撇奶油的勺子拿到冷水管下面冷却时，手直发颤，她也可以感觉到他的感情是那样炽热，而她就像是猛烈燃烧着的太阳底下的一棵植物，似乎想避开逃走。
• Another option, of course, is to write a letter to the FT. If your friend is pretending not to notice your ardour she can also pretend not to notice your letter.
  当然，另一个选择是给英国《金融时报》写封信。如果你的朋友现在假装没注意到你的爱慕，她也会假装没注意到你的信。
• Nothing daunted the ardour of the merchant navy.
  任何困难都不能挫败商船船员的锐气。