British EnglishBrEEXCITED if people’s feelings are at feverpitch, they are extremely excited 狂热,异常激动,高度活跃
The nation was at fever pitch in the days leading up to the election.
大选前几天,全国处于狂热的兴奋之中。
After a night of rioting, tensions in the city reached fever pitch.
一夜骚乱之后,该市的紧张气氛达到了顶点。
Examples from the Corpus
reached fever pitch• Speculation about the deportations have reached fever pitch in Hong Kong.• Public support for the system was waning steadily as accusations of sleaze in high places reached fever pitch.• But as the game's temporeached fever pitch, Saunders squandered a goldenopportunity to grab an equaliser.• In 1989, an 11-year-old girl was killed by two Rotties and public terrorreached fever pitch.