1560s, pejorative, "one who believes himself possessed of divine revelations or special communication from God," from Greek enthousiastes "a person inspired," from enthousiazein (see enthusiasm). General sense (not always entirely pejorative) is from mid-18c.
双语例句
1. I must confess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes.
我必须承认自己对时间很长的政治节目不是很热衷。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He is a great sports enthusiast.
他是个超级体育迷。
来自柯林斯例句
3. an enthusiast of jazz
爵士乐爱好者
来自《权威词典》
4. And I must again point out that I am an enthusiast rather than an expert!
必须先指出的是,我只能算是[热衷者](enthusiast),而不是[专家].
来自互联网
5. Any water-skiing enthusiast can knock up a pair of skis in a few hours.
