passion

英 ['pæʃ(ə)n] 美 ['pæʃən]

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解释

n. 激情；热情；酷爱；盛怒

※ 提供单词"passion"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

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。

英文词源

passion: passion: [12] Latin patī meant ‘suffer’ (it is the source of English patient). From its past participial stem pass- was coined in postclassical times the noun passiō, denoting specifically the ‘suffering of Christ on the cross’. English acquired the word via Old French passion, but its familiar modern senses, in which ‘strength of feeling’ has been transferred from ‘pain’ to ‘sexual attraction’ and ‘anger’, did not emerge until the 16th century. Also from the Latin stem pass- comes passive [14], etymologically ‘capable of suffering’.
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passion (n.): late 12c., "sufferings of Christ on the Cross," from Old French passion "Christ's passion, physical suffering" (10c.), from Late Latin passionem (nominative passio) "suffering, enduring," from past participle stem of Latin pati "to suffer, endure," possibly from PIE root *pe(i)- "to hurt" (see fiend).

Sense extended to sufferings of martyrs, and suffering generally, by early 13c.; meaning "strong emotion, desire" is attested from late 14c., from Late Latin use of passio to render Greek pathos. Replaced Old English þolung (used in glosses to render Latin passio), literally "suffering," from þolian (v.) "to endure." Sense of "sexual love" first attested 1580s; that of "strong liking, enthusiasm, predilection" is from 1630s. The passion-flower so called from 1630s.
The name passionflower -- flos passionis -- arose from the supposed resemblance of the corona to the crown of thorns, and of the other parts of the flower to the nails, or wounds, while the five sepals and five petals were taken to symbolize the ten apostles -- Peter ... and Judas ... being left out of the reckoning. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1885]

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例句和用法

1. The one rhyme for passion is fashion.: 和passion押韵的词是fashion。

2. It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion.: 是艾伦为这场较量注入了激情。

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. 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。

5. Eventually passion was distilled into the natural beauty of a balmy night.: 最后激情融入了美丽宜人的夜色中。