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外刊例句
- While many former advocates of environmental, social and governance investing have shied away from the climate-related fad of the past half-decade, he remains a true ESG believer.
许多当年支持环境、社会和治理(ESG)投资的人都回避了过去五年里关注气候的风潮,而他依然是 ESG 的忠实信徒。
——《经济学人》 - Crawling around like a crab or gorilla has become a bona fide exercise fad.
像螃蟹或大猩猩一样爬行已经成为一种真正的运动时尚。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze
[名词] (尤指短暂的)对某个事物强烈且广泛共有的热情;一时的狂热
深入解读
Fad 是一个简单好记的三字母单词,与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)上周推送的 clad 有着相同的结尾,两者可以一并联想记忆。
该词词源不详,最早于1867年起用来表示短暂的“狂热”,特别是穿着、行为、言谈等方面“一时的风尚”,侧重指人们短时间内对某个事物广泛共有的过度热衷,而这种热衷通常兴起和衰落变化无常,很快人们就会感到厌倦。比如:
- 一阵指尖陀螺热
a fidget spinner fad - 事实证明,说唱音乐并不是昙花一现。
Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad. - 没有人再玩那种游戏了,它只流行了一阵子。
No one plays that game anymore; it was only a fad.
基于这个含义,我们可以将 fad 拆成 for a day (仅持续一天)的首字母缩写来联想记忆。此外,由于 fad 和熟词 fade (逐渐消失)拼写相近,也可以在词义上将 fad 联想为很快就会 fade 的一时狂热或风尚。
名人名言
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
伟大的事情不是由那些屈服于潮流、一时风尚和大众舆论的人所成就的。
出自美国“垮掉的一代”代表人物、著名作家杰克·凯鲁亚克(Jack Kerouac)。
同近义词
- craze: an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity
- vogue: the prevailing fashion or style at a particular time
- fashion: a popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour