passion ['pæʃən]

passion的基本解释

n.

激情, 热情, 热爱

• You may have a passion for her, but it isn't love.
• 你也许对她怀有强烈的感情，但这不是爱情。

• At those words of mine he broke into a violent passion.
• 他听了我说的那些话便勃然大怒。

• She had a passion for music.
• 她十分爱好音乐。

• They sang with great passion.
• 他们满怀激情地歌唱。

passion的同义词

n. affection · emotion · desire · fervor · violence · enthusiasm · rage · fondness · lust · anger · ardor · fury · love · craze

passion的反义词

n. indifference · coolness

与passion相关的词组

have a passion for：对...有强烈的爱好

与passion相关的情景对话

职场英语/工作

A:

What do you do?

你是做什么的？

B:

I work in sales for money, but my real passion is writing.

我靠做销售谋生，但我真正的爱好是写作。

A:

What do you write?

你都写些什么。

B:

I am writing a book based on my childhood. It’s about a friendship between a boy and his grandfather..

我正在根据我的童年生活写一本书，是关于一个男孩和他祖父之间的友谊的。

A:

That sounds interesting. How about your sales job? Do you enjoy it?

听起来有点意思。你的销售工作怎么样？你喜欢吗？

B:

Not really, but it pays the bills. What about you? Where do you work?

不喜欢，但我得靠它吃饭。你呢？你在哪里工作。

A:

I work for a large advertising agency.

我在一家大型广告代理公司工作。

B:

What do you do exactly?

具体做什么工作呢。

A:

I work in the finance department.

我在金融部工作。

B:

Have you been there long?

你在那里工作了很长时间吗？

A:

This is just my first year. I’m hoping to get a promotion next year.

这只是我第一年在那里工作。我希望明年能够升职。

B:

Good luck with that.

祝你好运。

A:

Thanks! Keep me posted about your book!

谢谢! 随时告诉我你书的进展。

留学生涯/教育

A:

So, what’s your educational background?

那么，你的教育背景是什么？

B:

I graduate from high school with a 4.0, graduated from university with a degree in English, and am currently in the middle of obtaining a master’s degree in Linguistics.

我以4.0 的成绩从高中毕业， 大学获得了英语学士学位，近来正在读语言学硕士学位。

A:

What university did you go to ?

你在那所大学？

B:

I went to UCB, the university of California, Berkeley.

UCB,加州伯克利大学。

A:

Are you from California originally?

你是加州本地人么？

B:

No, I’m from Colorado. I received a full scholarship to UCB, so I went.

不，我来自科罗拉州，我活得了UCB 全额奖学金，所以我去那里了。

A:

That’s great. How did you like your classes there?

那太好了，你觉得那些课上得怎么样？

B:

I like my professors a lot. They seemed to have a lot of passion for teaching. They weren’t the stuffy professors that I thought they’d be.。

我很喜欢我的教授。 他们似乎有很多教学热情。他们不是我想象的那种乏味的教授

A:

How about the other students? Did you get along well with them?

其他同学怎么样？和他们相处的好吗？

B:

The students were from all over the country. I found that most of my friends were people who were from the mid-west?

这里的学生来自全国各地，我发现我的大多数朋友来自中西部。

A:

That’s interesting. Why do you think that is?

真有意思，为什么你这样认为？

B:

I’m not sure. I lived in Iowa during middle school, so I guess we had that in common. Mid-westerners and people from the west coast have a different view of the world.

我搞不清，我初中住在衣阿华州，所以我猜我们有共同之处。中西部和来自西海岸的人有不同的世界观。

A:

What do you mean?

你指什么？

B:

It’s hard to explain. I guess people from the west coast come off as a bit snobby sometimes, especially if you aren’t come from the west coast。

很难解释清，我猜西海岸的人有点势利，尤其是对纳妾不是来自西海岸的人。

A:

I see. Well, thanks for coming in for the interview. My secretary will get back to you within a week.

我懂了，奥，谢谢你接受这次面试，我的秘书会在一周内给你回电话的。