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a mania for sth
作“狂热、热衷”解，常与 for 连用，后接所热衷的对象。
His mania for vintage watches has emptied his bank account.
他对古董表的狂热把他的存款都花光了。
狂热；热衷
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
狂热；热衷
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
His mania for vintage watches has emptied his bank account.
他对古董表的狂热把他的存款都花光了。
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
一种非理性的但无法抗拒的信念或行动动机
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
一种情绪障碍；受害者倾向于过度反应,有时表现为暴力
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
The whole town was caught up in football mania during the World Cup.
世界杯期间，整个小镇都陷入了足球狂热。
Her cleaning mania means every surface in the house is spotless.
她的清洁狂热使房子里的每个表面都一尘不染。
The latest dance mania has teenagers practicing in the park every evening.
最近的舞蹈狂热让青少年们每天晚上都在公园里练习。
作“狂热、热衷”解，常与 for 连用，后接所热衷的对象。
His mania for vintage watches has emptied his bank account.
他对古董表的狂热把他的存款都花光了。
for 后接动名词，表示某种反复的、强烈的行为倾向。
She has a mania for rearranging the furniture.
她有重新摆放家具的狂热爱好。
这是医学用语，mania 用作不可数名词，指“躁狂症”。注意与表示“狂热”的可数用法区分。
The patient was diagnosed with mania after several sleepless nights.
患者在经历几个不眠之夜后被诊断为躁狂症。
Not this
He has mania for collecting stamps.
Use this
He has a mania for collecting stamps.
mania 表示‘狂热、癖好’时为可数名词，前面需要冠词，不能说 have mania for，而要说 have a mania for。
Not this
She is mania about Korean pop music.
Use this
She is manic about Korean pop music.
mania 是名词，不能放在 be 动词后作表语；表示‘对……狂热’要用形容词 manic，或改用 have a mania for…。
Not this
He has a mania of playing video games.
Use this
He has a mania for playing video games.
名词 mania 表示‘狂热’时搭配介词 for，不搭配 of；‘对某事狂热’是 a mania for something / doing something。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对…极为热衷
She has a mania for collecting vintage postcards.
她对收集老式明信片极为热衷。
足球狂热
Football mania has swept the whole country.
足球狂热席卷了整个国家。
对秩序的狂热
His mania for order makes it hard for him to relax.
他对秩序的狂热使他很难放松。
购物狂潮
The holiday shopping mania begins right after Thanksgiving.
感恩节一过，假日购物狂潮就开始了。
宗教躁狂
He was diagnosed with religious mania.
他被诊断为宗教躁狂症。
强尼·延又来了，带着酒和毒品，还有一阵狂热。
In this lyric, "a flash of mania" suggests a sudden burst of wild, reckless energy.
在这句歌词中，“一阵狂热”暗示着一股突然爆发的狂野而不顾一切的能量。
我们最大的福祉来自迷狂。
In Plato's Phaedrus, mania is described as a divine gift that inspires poets and lovers.
在柏拉图的《斐德罗篇》中，迷狂被描述为一种激发诗人和爱人的神圣天赋。
Use mania naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
谐音‘买你呀’：狂热粉丝喊着‘买你呀’抢购偶像周边，就是mania的狂热。
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道、日常交谈、流行文化讨论 表示“狂热、热衷”时，通常用于描述对某种事物或活动的极度热情，正式和非正式场合都比较常见，多用于新闻标题和日常讨论中。
单词 kleptomania、dipsomania、megalomania 和 Romania 与 mania 押韵：它们都以相同的 /meɪniə/ 结尾，且重音都在 meɪ 上。注意：pneumonia /nuːˈmoʊniə/ 和 ammonia /əˈmoʊniə/ 拼写以 -monia 结尾，但发音是 /moʊniə/，与 mania 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.