mid-14c., "warmth or glow of feeling," from Old French fervor "heat; enthusiasm, ardor, passion" (12c., Modern French ferveur), from Latin fervor "a boiling, violent heat; passion, ardor, fury," from fervere "to boil; be hot" (see brew (v.)).
双语例句
1. They were concerned only with their own religious fervor.
他们只关心自己的宗教热诚。
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2. The speech aroused nationalist fervor.
这个演讲喚起了民族主义热情。
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3. He took up the cause with evangelical fervor.
他以传道者般的热情投身于这一事业。
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4. The concept of celibacy carries connotations of asceticism and religious fervor.
修道者的独身观念含有禁欲与宗教热情之意.
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5. They are pushing their ideas with an almost evangelical fervor.
