zealotry

词根词缀:

词根
zeal= ardor 热心

jealous adj. 妒忌的

源自希腊语zealos热心,热情;对…热心却得不到,所以妒忌

zeal n. 热心

zealot n. 狂热者

zeal 热心 + ot 表人 → 狂热者

zealotry n. 狂热行为

zealot 狂热者 + ry 行为,状态,性质 → 狂热行为

zealous adj. 热心的

zeal 热心 + ous 有…性质的,关于…的 → 热心的

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相关例句:

But I would want to deny even the lesser charge of purely verbal zealotry.

但是即便是对纯粹口头上的狂热行为的指控,我也要否认。

That zealotry first revealed itself when he was a teenager.

这种狂热在他十几岁时便开始显露。

It is a brutal reminder that the twisted logic of extremism is universal, and as normal and abnormal a product of secularist zealotry as it is of the religious kind.

它无情地提醒我们,极端主义扭曲的逻辑是普遍现象,它既是宗教狂热也是世俗狂热的正常(和不正常)产物。

Fortunately, his zealotry contained several kernels of sound, albeit intuitive, advice.

幸运的是,他的狂言中也包含着一些尽管原始的核心论调及建议。

Conversation has survived worse challenges ( Johnson thought it might be killed by a return of religious zealotry), and it will doubtless survive more.

交谈从更严峻的挑战中生存下来(Johnson认为,交谈可能被宗教狂热的回潮扼死),而它也还毫无疑问的活得更好。