passion
noun/ˈpæʃn/
Слово англійською: passion
Переклад passion українською: при́страсть (палке́ захо́плення), мараку́йя
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] a very strong feeling of love, hate, anger, enthusiasm, etc.
- I admire the passion and commitment shown by the players.
- with passion She argued her case with considerable passion.
- a crime of passion (= caused by strong feelings of sexual jealousy)
- Passions were running high (= people were angry and emotional) at the meeting.
- He's a man of violent passions.
- [countable] a very strong feeling of liking something; a hobby, an activity, etc. that you like very much
- Music is his true passion.
- passion for something She left her job to pursue her lifelong passion for painting.
- passion for doing something He was a quiet man with a passion for writing poetry.
- They shared a passion for Italian food.
- [uncountable] passion (for somebody) a very strong feeling of sexual love
- His passion for her made him blind to everything else.
- [singular] (formal) a state of being very angry synonym rage
- She flies into a passion if anyone even mentions his name.
- the Passion[singular] (in Christianity) the suffering and death of Jesus Christ
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’.
Idioms
with a passion
- if you love, hate, etc. somebody/something with a passion, you love, hate, etc. them/it very much
- To do this job you have to love architecture with a passion.
- She hated him with a passion.