Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11667
fanatics
狂热者；痴迷者
fanatics is the plural of fanatic.
A person who is extremely and often irrationally enthusiastic about a cause or activity.
- 1.
A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
对某个事业狂热热情的人。
- 2.
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); --Winston Churchill
因非理性热情(如对某个事业)而驱动的人
对某个事业狂热热情的人。；因非理性热情(如对某个事业)而驱动的人；狂热者；盲信
In use
My brother is a fitness fanatic who wakes up at 5 a.m. every day to run.
The fanatic spent all his savings on rare stamps, even though he couldn't afford rent.
Some football fanatics travel across the country to support their team.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject
fanatic about sth
He is a fanatic about keeping his car clean.
他对保持汽车清洁非常狂热。
fanatic for sth
She's a fanatic for classic rock music.
她是经典摇滚乐的狂热爱好者。
Connections
Collocations
- religious fanatic
- 宗教狂热分子
- He was a religious fanatic who would not listen to reason.他是个宗教狂热分子，不愿听从理性劝阻。
- political fanatic
- 政治狂热分子
- Political fanatics often disrupt public debates.政治狂热分子经常扰乱公共辩论。
- fanatic about
- 对…狂热
- She is a fanatic about cleanliness.她对清洁卫生极其狂热。
- sports fanatic
- 体育狂热爱好者
- My brother is a sports fanatic; he watches every game.我哥哥是个体育狂热爱好者，他每场比赛都看。
- become a fanatic
- 变成狂热分子
- He became a fanatic after joining the cult.加入那个邪教后，他变成了狂热分子。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记fanatic：fan（粉丝）+ attic（阁楼），狂热的粉丝在阁楼里痴迷偶像。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：religion、politics、hobbies 该词作为名词时，通常带有贬义，指对某事物过度热衷的人。常见于宗教、政治或爱好等语境，既可用于正式讨论，也可用于日常口语，但语气往往较强。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'static' and 'attic' share a similar ending spelling but have different sounds. 'Drastic' rhymes with 'fanatic'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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