passion ['pæʃən]

n.
1、激情，熱情，強烈的感情

He could not control his passion.
他無法控制自己的激情。

They sang with great passion.
他們滿懷激情地歌唱。

2、戀情，情欲，情感

burning passions
灼熱的情感

You may have a passion for her, but it isn't love.
你也許對她懷有強烈的感情,但這不是愛情。

3、酷愛，愛好

I have a passion for football.
我酷愛足球。

Music is his passion.
音樂是他的愛好。

4、盛怒,忿怒

I surprised myself with my sudden passion.
我的勃然大怒使我自己也吃了一驚。

【習慣用語】

tender passion 愛情, 柔情
in a towering passion 怒氣沖天, 大發雷霆
fly into a passion 勃然大怒, 大發雷霆

【背句子記單詞】

It is not a reasonable passion.
這不是理性的情感。

Where passion is high there reason is low.
感情高漲處,理智就低