passion

n.激情，热情；热心，爱好；热恋；酷爱

vt.&vi.[诗歌用语]表露强烈感情，显示巨大热情

noun

1. 强烈情感；激情
   a very strong feeling of love, hatred, anger, enthusiasm, etc.
   1. He's a man of violent passions.
      他是个性情暴烈的人。
   2. a crime of passion
      因情欲妒忌而造成的犯罪
   3. She argued her case with considerable passion.
      她相当激动地为自己的主张提出论据。
   4. Passions were running high (= people were angry and emotional) at the meeting.
      会上群情沸腾。
2. 盛怒；激愤
   a state of being very angry
   1. She flies into a passion if anyone even mentions his name.
      哪怕是有人提到他的名字，她也会勃然大怒。
3. 强烈的爱（尤指两性间的）
   a very strong feeling of sexual love
   1. His passion for her made him blind to everything else.
      他钟情于她，达到了不顾一切的地步。
4. 酷爱；热衷的爱好（或活动等）
   a very strong feeling of liking sth; a hobby, an activity, etc. that you like very much
   1. The English have a passion for gardens.
      英国人酷爱花园。
   2. Music is a passion with him.
      他对音乐情有独钟。
5. 耶稣的受难
   the suffering and death of Jesus Christ

名词复数形式:passions

passion 耶稣受难，忍受，强烈感情，激情

来自拉丁语pati,忍受，承受，来自PIE*pei,伤害，词源同fiend.-ss,过去分词格。该词原指耶稣被钉在十字架上身体所遭受的痛苦，后引申词义强烈感情，激情，渴望等。

1. Her desire was closer to passion than love.
   她的欲望更近似于激情，而非爱情。
2. There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed
   他身上有一股我从不知道的热情和激情。
3. She needs and wants to be loved with overwhelming passion and adoration
   她需要并想要被爱的滔滔激情和倾慕所包围。
4. The passion of Argentinian football fans knows no bounds.
   阿根廷足球迷极为热情。
5. Their ruling passion is that of carnal love.
   他们现在情欲正盛。
6. He has developed a consuming passion for chess.
   他对下棋产生了极为浓厚的兴趣。
7. They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays.
   他们几经踌躇和拖延后才尽情宣泄了激情。
8. His weird behaviour had cooled her passion.
   他奇怪的举动使得她的激情冷却。
9. Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
   48年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。
10. Her childhood passion for collecting has not dimmed, but now she is more discerning.
    她孩提时培养起的对收藏的痴迷丝毫未减，现在只是变得更有眼力了。
11. It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion
    是艾伦为这场较量注入了激情。
12. He returned to Britain so that he could indulge his passion for football
    他重返英国，为的是可以尽情释放自己对足球的激情。
13. The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life
    抛弃了犹太主题就等于完全抛弃了这个剧本的激情与活力之源。
14. He spoke with great passion.
    他发表了热情洋溢的讲话。
15. She had a passion for gardening
    她酷爱园艺。
16. His other great passion was Italy.
    他酷爱的另一个国家是意大利。
17. The best part of his expedition had been the rediscovery of his natural passion for making things.
    他这次探险的最大收获就是重新发现了自己对动手制作物品与生俱来的热忱。
18. His abiding passion was ocean racing, at which he scored many successes
    他一直酷爱海上赛艇，并多次在比赛中获胜。
19. Passion kept us together.
    激情使我们在一起。
20. She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion
    当怒火转化为激情，她停止了思考。
21. The phrase 'yeah yeah yeah' can rarely have been delivered with so much unhinged passion.
    “好耶！好耶！好耶！”的呼叫声极少带有如此狂放的激情。
22. A passion for cooking does not necessarily have to be bad for your waistline.
    热衷于做菜并不一定会导致腰围增粗。
23. While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
    他对这些运动项目的兴趣开始减退，倒是对橄榄球开始有了热情。
24. Her passion for me has cooled down.
    她对我的热情已经冷下来了。
25. His love had been woven of sentiment rather than passion.
    他的爱是以情感而不是以情欲为其经纬的。
26. That girl stamps her foot when she is in a passion.
    那女孩一发脾气就跺脚。
27. He has a passion for gambling.
    他非常爱赌博。
28. If ( one was) overwhelmed by passion, it could lead to serious blunders.
    当感情完全淹没理智时，就可能铸成大错。
29. The poet's passion moved all his readers.
    诗人的激情感染了每一个读者。
30. At the sight of the unutterable passion of that look I could hardly contain myself.
    看见那种说不出的苦闷的神情，我简直控制不住自己了。