2019-08-28 craze

英英释义：an enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which appears suddenly and achieves widespread but short-lived popularity

“craze”是可数名词，意思是“对某事物一时的狂热”。它和 crazy 同根，但是强调狂热的时间短，无法延续。

当我们想表达“三分钟热度”或“三天打鱼两天晒网”时就可以使用这个表达。它的用法比较简单，后面一般加介词 for。

在介绍人们对流行新事物的兴趣时会用到它。

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1. Like countries everywhere, China is going through an e-cigarette craze.

2. People no longer seem to have a craze for electric scooters. 

3. Both investors and entrepreneurs have an unusual craze for artificial intelligence. 

4. The daka craze may have practical origins. China’s young urban professionals have little vacation time. 

5. Savage cost-cutting and a nose for the next big thing, in this case smaller cars and minivans, forerunners of the craze for suvs, returned Chrysler to bumper profits.

6. Ms Crampton considers her subject from military, commercial and artistic perspectives. She writes of the Danish warlord Thorkell the Tall, who marched his army up both banks in the 11th century. She tells of the craze for pleasure-boat trips in the river’s upper reaches during the late 19th century, and dwells at length on William Morris, the Victorian Arts and Crafts revivalist.

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越来越多的年轻人对素食表现出了极大的热情。

More and more youngsters show a craze for vegetarian diet.

参考翻译：An increasing number of young people are showing a new craze for the vegetarian diet.