Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - enthusiasm
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Enthusiasm
enthusiasm
(enthusiasms) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Enthusiasm is great eagerness to be involved in a particular activity which you like and enjoy or which you think is important. Their skill, enthusiasm and running has got them in the team. N-VAR: oft N for n/-ing 2. An enthusiasm is an activity or subject that interests you very much and that you spend a lot of time on. Draw him out about his current enthusiasms and future plans. = interest N-COUNT: oft with poss
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noun Etymology: Greek enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein to be inspired, irregular from entheos inspired, from en- + theos god Date: 1603 1. a. belief in special revelations of the Holy Spirit b. religious fanaticism 2. a. strong excitement of feeling ; ardor did her work with energy and ~ b. something inspiring zeal or fervor his ~s include sailing and fishing Synonyms: see passion ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 (often foll. by for, about) a strong interest or admiration. b great eagerness. 2 an object of enthusiasm. 3 archaic extravagant religious emotion. Etymology: F enthousiasme or LL enthusiasmus f. Gk enthousiasmos f. entheos possessed by a god, inspired (as EN-(2), theos god) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. энтузиазм; воодушевление enthusiasm for research —- увлеченность научными изысканиями there was great enthusiasm among the students —- это вызвало большой подъем у студентов 2. (бурный) восторг to receive smb. without enthusiasm —- холодно принять кого-либо book that arouses enthusiasm —- восторженно принятая книга 3. увлечение, страсть hunting is his latest enthusiasm —- его последнее увлечение - охота 4. уст. экстаз; (религиозное) исступление 5. уст. наитие, вдохновение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a strong feeling of interest and enjoyment about something and an eagerness to be involved in it (Although she's a beginner, she played with great enthusiasm) + for (He shares your enthusiasm for jazz.) lack of enthusiasm (the government's lack of enthusiasm for women's rights) 2 formal an activity or subject that someone is very interested in ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1603, from M.Fr. enthousiasme, from Gk. enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein "be inspired," from entheos "inspired, possessed by a god," from en- "in" + theos "god." Acquired a derogatory sense of "excessive religious emotion" (1660) under the Puritans; generalized sense of "fervor, zeal" is first recorded 1716. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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