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单词 ardour
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Definition of ardour in English:

ardour

(US ardor)
noun ˈɑːdəˈɑrdər
mass noun
  • Great enthusiasm or passion.

    the rebuff did little to dampen his ardour
    he kissed her with an ardour that left her breathless
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sixteen years later, her ardour hasn't dimmed.
    • He has followed trails, consulted the experts and lived and breathed the historical roots of ancient Americans with ardour for 20 years.
    • Naturally, her coolness served only to intensify his ardour, but it was two years before she capitulated.
    • He had been a painter all his life, but never before had he seen such a vision or painted with such ardor and desire.
    • My ardour totally dampened as I remembered the warnings of that day's front page.
    • It would effectively rouse people's ardour to invest, and help to discourage the transfer of capital abroad.
    • Though young when he wrote them, they bespeak a mature understanding of genuine piety - and the way such piety should be evident in all of life, and pursued with ardour and zeal.
    • How nice for him that he can play note perfectly, even if it is at the expense of fantasy, passion, ardor, elegance, whimsy, fire and intensity.
    • Clara supposed that she only felt confusion because Will had seemed to be as incapable of true love and ardor as herself.
    • The ardour of the pilgrims, an old couple, is attested by their stiff limbs and the man's calloused bare feet as they kneel before the apparition of the Madonna at the door of the shrine.
    • He turned to her, that same passion, desire, ardor, zeal, fire… love in his eyes.
    • Perhaps we have had too little of the Spirit's fullness to enable us to love with the personal ardor Jesus desires.
    • Firm action by the army dampened the revolutionary ardour of the mob and restored order in the streets.
    • He listened gravely and spoke in measured tones, but still fired with habitual martial ardour.
    • My ardour has cooled somewhat since I was fourteen.
    • Love, lust and passion, ardour, hate and jealousy combine to make Othello one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
    • But doesn't the freezing cold cool their ardour?
    • And then came the recitation - in rounded syllables and in the utterly devastating rhythms of Sanskrit when it is pronounced with ritualised ardour.
    • The playing encompassed subtlety, ardor, menace and rage, all with an admirable polish.
    Synonyms
    passion, avidity, fervour, zeal, wholeheartedness, eagerness, vehemence, intensity, fierceness, zest, gusto, energy, animation, fire, fieriness, emotion, emotionalism, feeling, hot-bloodedness
    earnestness, sincerity
    enthusiasm, keenness, dedication, devotion, assiduity, readiness
    archaic empressement

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ardor, from ardere 'to burn'.

 
 

Definition of ardor in US English:

ardor

(British ardour)
nounˈärdərˈɑrdər
  • Enthusiasm or passion.

    they felt the stirrings of revolutionary ardor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had been a painter all his life, but never before had he seen such a vision or painted with such ardor and desire.
    • Sixteen years later, her ardour hasn't dimmed.
    • Love, lust and passion, ardour, hate and jealousy combine to make Othello one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
    • My ardour has cooled somewhat since I was fourteen.
    • He turned to her, that same passion, desire, ardor, zeal, fire… love in his eyes.
    • Clara supposed that she only felt confusion because Will had seemed to be as incapable of true love and ardor as herself.
    • He has followed trails, consulted the experts and lived and breathed the historical roots of ancient Americans with ardour for 20 years.
    • The playing encompassed subtlety, ardor, menace and rage, all with an admirable polish.
    • Firm action by the army dampened the revolutionary ardour of the mob and restored order in the streets.
    • Perhaps we have had too little of the Spirit's fullness to enable us to love with the personal ardor Jesus desires.
    • But doesn't the freezing cold cool their ardour?
    • My ardour totally dampened as I remembered the warnings of that day's front page.
    • The ardour of the pilgrims, an old couple, is attested by their stiff limbs and the man's calloused bare feet as they kneel before the apparition of the Madonna at the door of the shrine.
    • And then came the recitation - in rounded syllables and in the utterly devastating rhythms of Sanskrit when it is pronounced with ritualised ardour.
    • It would effectively rouse people's ardour to invest, and help to discourage the transfer of capital abroad.
    • How nice for him that he can play note perfectly, even if it is at the expense of fantasy, passion, ardor, elegance, whimsy, fire and intensity.
    • Though young when he wrote them, they bespeak a mature understanding of genuine piety - and the way such piety should be evident in all of life, and pursued with ardour and zeal.
    • He listened gravely and spoke in measured tones, but still fired with habitual martial ardour.
    • Naturally, her coolness served only to intensify his ardour, but it was two years before she capitulated.
    Synonyms
    passion, avidity, fervour, zeal, wholeheartedness, eagerness, vehemence, intensity, fierceness, zest, gusto, energy, animation, fire, fieriness, emotion, emotionalism, feeling, hot-bloodedness

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ardor, from ardere ‘to burn’.

 
 
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