fads

英 [fædz]

美 [fædz]

n.  一时的风尚; 短暂的狂热
fad的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一时的风尚;风靡一时之物
  You usefadto refer to an activity or topic of interest that is very popular for a short time, but which people become bored with very quickly.
  1. Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad.
     哈姆内特不相信对环境的关注是昙花一现。

双语例句

• Moreover, fads and fashions come and go.
  而且，时尚和潮流总是来来去去，变化不定。
• Forget about penicillin, digital computers and even the Big Bang, passing fads all of them.
  忘掉青霉素、计算机，甚至大爆炸吧，跳过所有那些风行的问题。
• Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason.
  我认为，赶时髦就是最缺乏理智的表现。
• My dear young people, do not yield to false illusions and passing fads which so frequently leave behind a tragic spiritual vacuum!
  我亲爱的青年朋友，别屈服于虚假的幻象与一时的风尚，那些所留给我们的，往往是可悲的心灵空虚！
• But it's just recently that it has been considered as one of the addicting fads.
  不过，这只是最近，它已被视为其中的上瘾的潮流。
• These fads, opinions, and aesthetics are tossed away just as easily as they're donned and absorbed, making the individuals that embody them creatures of constant flux.
  这些时尚，意见和美学倒去一样容易，因为它们可以穿上和吸收，使个人，体现他们不断变化的生物。
• It is driven largely by fads, technical factors, liquidity shifts, and government signalling.
  它主要受到短期风潮、技术因素、流动性变化和政府信号的推动。
• University students should have the resolve to live a frugal lifestyle and should not try to keep up with the Joneses or follow trends and fads.
  大学生应该有决心过节俭生活，不要和别人比阔气或追求时尚；
• "Fads are nothing new on Wall Street," he tells fortune.
  “奇思怪想在华尔街一点也不新鲜，”他告诉财富网站（Fortune.com）。
• Tax breaks and investment fads can only go so far.
  靠税收减免和潮流投资只能走这么远。