| 单词 | fanatical |
| 释义 | fanatical (once / 2134 pages) adj If you are excessively enthusiastic about something — a sports team, an actor, your religion, saving the whales, a certain brand of chocolate — then you are fanatical about it. Fanatical comes from the word fanatic, which itself came from the Latin fanaticus, meaning "mad" or "inspired by a deity." The root word is fanum, or "temple." The original English meanings of both fanatic and fanatical implied that the person being described was insane with enthusiasm, like a religious zealot. The word fan is likely shortened from fanatic, and thus shares the same roots, but that word doesn't imply the same obsessiveness that fanatical does. WORD FAMILYfanatic: fanatical, fanatically, fanaticism, fanatics, fanatism+/fanaticism: fanaticisms USAGE EXAMPLESPisacane is adamant that he was no more talented than his peers but simply more fanatical about football. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Steve Jobs sweated the details like no other executive in history, he demanded excellence, was fanatical about design and function. New York Times(Oct 11, 2016) He lived in Paris; he wrote in French; and he was fanatical about the integrity of his art. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) adj marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea Syn fanatic, overzealous, rabid passionate having or expressing strong emotions |
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