fanatic

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fa·nat·ic /fəˈnætɪk/ noun [countableC]

1 EXTREMEsomeone who has extreme political or religious ideas and is often dangerous 〔政治或宗教思想的〕狂热者，盲信者 SYN extremist

fanatics who represent a real danger to democracy

对民主构成很大威胁的狂热分子

a religious fanatic

宗教狂热分子

2 LIKE somebody OR somethingsomeone who likes a particular thing or activity very much 〔对某种事物或活动〕入迷的人 SYN enthusiast

a health food fanatic

极其推崇绿色食品的人

a fitness fanatic

热衷于健美的人

—fanatical adjectiveadj

a fanatical sportsman

狂热的运动员

He was fanatical about tidiness.

他有洁癖。

—fanatically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

fanatic• Her religious fanaticism has alienated most of her old friends.• But like most people who use these things, I tend not to be a fanatic about the instructions.• Ron's an exercise fanatic.• Pro-Fascist fanatics have continued their attacks on foreigners.• For fishing fanatics, the rivers estuaries and coast offer endless opportunities.• These highly mobile skirmishers can be used to draw Goblin fanatics out of their units prior to a charge by more heavily armed troops.• Gandhi was killed by a religious fanatic.• His parents were religious fanatics who didn't allow him to play with other children.

religious fanatic• In December 1980, there was a serious outbreak of rioting by religious fanatics in the northern city of Kano.• Pathans are very very orthodox and sometimes religious fanatics.• Born dirt-poor in a southern town to religious fanatics, he was raised on the Bible and the taunts of others.

Origin fanatic

(1500-1600) Latin fanaticus “made wild or mad by the gods”, from fanum “religious building”

fa·nat·ic noun

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