每日一词 243 | craze

词：craze

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

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

2. 为什么选这个词？

“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。这个词在外刊中出现的频率比较高，在介绍人们对流行新事物的兴趣时会用到它。下面我们通过几个例子掌握它的用法。

和很多国家一样，中国正在经历一阵电子烟潮，可以说：

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

电动滑板车在火了一段时间后，人们对它的喜爱没有原来那么多，就可以说：

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

不管是投资人还是创业者都对人工智能显示出了很少见的狂热，可以说：

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

下面来看《经济学人》中的几个例子：

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

2）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.

3）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.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：越来越多的年轻人对素食表现出了极大的热情。

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

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

例子：

场景：