passion
英 ['pæʃ(ə)n]
美 ['pæʃən]
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1、pass- + -ion.
2、該單詞最初的含義是：(殉難者的)痛苦，病痛；後來，受希臘語的影響，為了表示希臘語單詞pathos的含義，進而擴展了拉丁語單詞passio的含義，使其具有pathos的含義。因此，詞根pass-也就具有了詞根path-的部分含義。相關信息的英語說明，請看下一條。
3、meaning "strong emotion, desire" is attested from late 14c., from Late Latin use of passio to render Greek pathos.
4. 諧音：拍胸→說話動不動就拍胸特有激情（passion）
中文詞源
passion 耶穌受難，忍受，強烈感情，激情來自拉丁語pati,忍受，承受，來自PIE*pei,傷害，詞源同fiend.-ss,過去分詞格。該詞原指耶穌被釘在十字架上身體所遭受的痛苦，後引申詞義強烈感情，激情，渴望等。
英文詞源
- passion
- passion: [12] Latin patī meant ‘suffer’ (it is the source of English patient). From its past participial stem pass- was coined in postclassical times the noun passiō, denoting specifically the ‘suffering of Christ on the cross’. English acquired the word via Old French passion, but its familiar modern senses, in which ‘strength of feeling’ has been transferred from ‘pain’ to ‘sexual attraction’ and ‘anger’, did not emerge until the 16th century. Also from the Latin stem pass- comes passive [14], etymologically ‘capable of suffering’.
=> passive, patient - passion (n.)
- late 12c., "sufferings of Christ on the Cross," from Old French passion "Christ's passion, physical suffering" (10c.), from Late Latin passionem (nominative passio) "suffering, enduring," from past participle stem of Latin pati "to suffer, endure," possibly from PIE root *pe(i)- "to hurt" (see fiend).
Sense extended to sufferings of martyrs, and suffering generally, by early 13c.; meaning "strong emotion, desire" is attested from late 14c., from Late Latin use of passio to render Greek pathos. Replaced Old English þolung (used in glosses to render Latin passio), literally "suffering," from þolian (v.) "to endure." Sense of "sexual love" first attested 1580s; that of "strong liking, enthusiasm, predilection" is from 1630s. The passion-flower so called from 1630s.The name passionflower -- flos passionis -- arose from the supposed resemblance of the corona to the crown of thorns, and of the other parts of the flower to the nails, or wounds, while the five sepals and five petals were taken to symbolize the ten apostles -- Peter ... and Judas ... being left out of the reckoning. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1885]
雙語例句
- 1. The one rhyme for passion is fashion.
- 和passion押韻的詞是fashion。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion.
- 是艾倫為這場較量注入了激情。
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- 3. She needs and wants to be loved with overwhelming passion and adoration.
- 她需要並想要被愛的滔滔激情和傾慕所包圍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His abiding passion was ocean racing, at which he scored many successes.
- 他一直酷愛海上賽艇，並多次在比賽中獲勝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Eventually passion was distilled into the natural beauty of a balmy night.
- 最後激情融入了美麗宜人的夜色中。
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