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

• Kleptomania is a mania for stealing things.
  盗窃癖是一个偷东西的癖好。
• 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。
• And investor demand has now reached mania levels.
  投资者需求如今已达到近乎狂热的水平。
• However much one may loathe the idea, a private-sector financial mania will finish up as public-sector pain.
  不过，很多人可能会憎恶这个观点：私营部门的金融狂热最终将成为公共部门的痛楚。
• During the three years they've been together, Mark has showed only mild symptoms of mania or depression.
  在他们相处三年的日子里，马克只有一些轻微的躁狂和抑郁症状。
• As anyone who reads the news knows, there's been a mania of mergers and acquisitions lately.
  任何看新闻的人都知道，最近出现了一次合并和购买的狂潮。
• The way she deals with her co-workers has an edge of mania.
  她和同事相处的方式处于颠狂的边缘。
• Countries such as Germany and Japan have long had an export mania.
  长期以来，德国和日本等国一直对出口有一种痴迷。
• Prescribed drugs to control the patient's periods of mania.
  开药方来控制病人的躁狂的阶段。
• A mania restricted to one thing or idea.
  对特定事物或想法的狂热爱好。