mania
noun /ˈmeɪniə/
/ˈmeɪniə/
- [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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dotcom
- financial
- merger
- …
- have
- mania for
- He had a mania for fast cars.
- [uncountable] (psychology
心理 躁狂症 - She was diagnosed as suffering from persecution mania.
她被诊断患有迫害狂。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- religious
- a state of mania
- She was diagnosed as suffering from persecution mania.
词源late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘madness’, from mainesthai ‘be mad’.