- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] mania (for something/for doing something)
an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for something, often shared by a lot of people at the same time （通常指许多人共有的）强烈的欲望，狂热，极大的热情 He had a mania for fast cars. 他是个飞车狂。 Football mania is sweeping the country. 足球热正风靡全国。 The violence of the crowd can only be explained as a sign of some collective mania. 人群的暴力行为只能解释为某种集体躁狂症的表现。 This is another example of Hollywood’s new mania for ghost movies. 这是好莱坞对鬼片新狂热的又一例证。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dotcom
- financial
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- mania for
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psychology 心理 a mental illness in which somebody has an obsession about something that makes them extremely anxious, violent or confused 躁狂症 She was diagnosed as suffering from persecution mania. 她被诊断患有迫害狂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- religious
- a state of mania
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘madness’, from mainesthai ‘be mad’.