enthusiast

名词 n.
/ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/|/-θjuː-/|/-əst/    /ənˈθuziˌɪst/|/ɛn-/|/-ˈθju-/|/-ˌæst/|/-əst/|/ənˈθʉːziˌəst/|/en-/|/-æst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
    — But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.
  2. A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour. archaic

词形变化

enthusiasts plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
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