Meaning of enthusiasm in English

enthusiasm

noun

/ɪnˈθjuː.zi.æz.əm/ us

/ɪnˈθuː.zi.æz.əm/

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B2 [ U ]

a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it:

One of the good things about teaching young children is their enthusiasm.

enthusiasm for After the accident he lost his enthusiasm for the sport.

work up enthusiasm I just can't work up (= start to feel) any enthusiasm for the whole project.

[ C ]

a subject or activity that interests you very much:

One of his greatest enthusiasms was yoga.

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His enthusiasm more than compensates for his lack of experience.
Nothing you can say will dampen her enthusiasm.
She thanked the staff for their dedication and enthusiasm.
She has boundless energy and enthusiasm.
It's strange, but I can't work up any enthusiasm for going on this trip.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

alacrity
animation
ardour
avidity
boosterism
commotion
frenzy
friskiness
frisson
frolic
get a buzz out of something/doing something
get-up-and-go
hubbub
pep
perkiness
physicality
piquancy
pizzazz
whirl
zealousness

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Exciting and interesting

(Definition of enthusiasm from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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enthusiasm

noun [ C/U ]

/ɪnˈθu·ziˌæz·əm/

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a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and a desire to be involved in it, or a subject that produces such a feeling:

[ U ] I find that I’m losing my enthusiasm for the game.

[ C ] Parents need to share their enthusiasms with their children.

enthusiastic

adjective us

/ɪnˌθu·ziˈæs·tɪk/

You don’t seem very enthusiastic about the movie.

enthusiastically

adverb us

/ɪnˌθu·ziˈæs·tɪk·li/

She was welcomed enthusiastically by the crowd.

(Definition of enthusiasm from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of enthusiasm

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Enthusiasm, however, can be 'overdone', as one respondent told me who, with his friends, used to laugh at the teacher who was 'trying too hard'!

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I suspect that this over enthusiasm may turn off readers from what is an interesting volume in many ways.

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Such oft-repeated statements, however, do not dampen her enthusiasm for robotics as a means to understand biological form and function.

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His enthusiasm for his subject produces some excessive stylistic flourishes, dramatic metaphors, rhetorical questions.

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But their enthusiasm was swiftly deflated by immediate problems with the carriers who had been arranged for them.

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The study is written with great enthusiasm and appreciation for the didactic methods of the treatise.

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Some nurses expressed enthusiasm, yet were unable to articulate clearly what integration meant or represented.

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A historical framework for understanding the contemporary enthusiasm.

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Filling in the questionnaire and survey may have taken too much time and some producers lost interest and enthusiasm.

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This profiling can rank your enthusiasm for promotions, your brand loyalty, whether you are a ' 'creature of habit' ' and when you prefer to shop.

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Self-development was mentioned by only 2% of respondents, perhaps reflecting limited enthusiasm for continence care among nurses.

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Fortunately for their intended victims, a series of high-profile acquittals# began to dampen their enthusiasm for libel prosecutions.

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The same was true of patients with herniated disks, whose enthusiasm for back surgery was reduced after watching an interactive video (18).

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Such uncertainties notwithstanding, most ministers and critics of enthusiasm in that period adhered to a corpuscular account of individual and collective imagination.

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What matters is that she has been encouraged to create a musical event which has been received with interest and enthusiasm by the teacher.

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Collocations with enthusiasm

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considerable enthusiasm

The villagers showed considerable enthusiasm for the public elections.

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enormous enthusiasm

They went to volunteer activities after work; there was an enormous enthusiasm.

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equal enthusiasm

Admittedly, its civil service proudly proclaims its willingness to serve any duly elected government with equal enthusiasm.

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巨大興趣, 熱情, 熱忱…

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