单词 | fad |
释义 | fad (fæd ) Word forms: fads countable noun You use fad to refer to an activity or topic of interest that is very popular for a short time, but which people become bored with very quickly. Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad. Synonyms: craze, fashion, trend, fancy Collocations: current fad The current fad is to wear these long, hanging well below the waist. Times, Sunday Times (2013) My only hope was that Nev would get over this current fad. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It may be the current fad, but fasting is also an age-old way of eating. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She could indulge her fashion fad to her heart's content but it did not make for a contented heart. Times, Sunday Times Other car makers are also cutting back saloon production, diverting design and construction into more sports utility vehicles, people carriers, off-roaders and the latest fashion fad, pick-up trucks. Times, Sunday Times That's the joy of this fashion fad. The Sun It may be a fashion fad, but there are also practical advantages to wearing drousers; with temperatures dipping, there's never been a better time to double up on clothes. Times, Sunday Times The fringe soon became popular and a fashion fad in the 1960s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It tastes surprisingly good and puts me bang on-trend when it comes to the latest health food fad - the turmeric latte. The Sun Students and young professionals fill the bars along this street, also home to a bunch of hip, late-night burger joints - the city's most recent food fad. Times, Sunday Times Now they are aiming their considerable marketing muscle at a new food fad - 'satiety'. Times, Sunday Times The food fad was short-lived and faded by the early 1990s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the world of healthy food fads, it's all change. Times, Sunday Times The famous are always keen to sign up to the latest health fad, especially when it involves wrist-wear. Times, Sunday Times Forget it - it's just another health fad fuelled by clever marketing and the worried well. The Sun Now a new health fad has landed: vinegar-based drinks. Times, Sunday Times And if you ate chips three times a day, seven days a week, you would also be feeling certain that you were not in the vanguard of a health fad. Times, Sunday Times It's not about health fads, antioxidants or obscure ingredients — just honest, nourishing and delicious cooking that will make you glow. Times, Sunday Times I want to live, and eat, with my neighbors in mind-could they afford to join the latest fad? Christianity Today You're a quick-fix sign and can swing towards over-indulgence quickly, followed by the latest fad diet. The Sun But even scientists agree that it could be more than the latest fad. Times, Sunday Times Avoid compromising your own style for the latest fad. Times, Sunday Times Hopefully it will be more than the latest fad. The Sun Aspiring leaders need to be go-getters able to lead from the front, middle or back depending on the current management fad. Times, Sunday Times Differing opinions exist on the efficacy of this new management fad. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The idea has since become something of a management fad, although many authors indicate that the underlying principles will become standard business practice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, successful companies are under less pressure to examine the value of new practices and can afford to adopt the latest management fads. Times, Sunday Times In fact, management fads are often accompanied by linguistic inventions known as vogue words or phrases. Times, Sunday Times Likewise, 'nutrigenomics' is a new fad devoted to matching the foods we eat to our particular genetic make-up. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) This is not a new fad either. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Food experts are not all taken with the new fad. Times, Sunday Times (2013) There seems to be a new fad that requires people to remove their shoes when entering a home? Times, Sunday Times (2006) It's a terrifying thought that the growing demand for it may be a passing fad. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Isn't a specific shade often linked to a passing fad? Times, Sunday Times (2016) Using computers in preschool may turn out to be a passing fad. THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER (2001) This is not a passing fad. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 一时的狂热 Japanese: 一時的流行 |
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