Fanaticism is holding a political or religious belief so tightly that you will not listen, and you may harm people or shut them out. Writers use the word to show disapproval — it is not a compliment, and it is stronger than enthusiasm or even passion.

Fanaticism is holding a political or religious belief so tightlyfanaticism指的是把一個政治或宗教信仰抓得太緊，that you will not listen緊到聽不進別人的話，and you may harm people or shut them out甚至可能傷害別人或把人排除在外。Writers use the word to show disapproval作者用這個字是要表達不贊同——it is not a compliment這不是稱讚，and it is stronger than enthusiasm or even passion而且語氣比enthusiasm甚至passion都更強烈。

The person is a fanatic; fanaticism is the extreme way of believing. People also stretch it toward any hobby taken too far (“his fanaticism for that team”), but the serious use is about belief, not sport.

The person is a fanatic有這種信仰的人叫fanatic（狂熱者）；fanaticism is the extreme way of believingfanaticism就是那種走到極端的相信方式。People also stretch it toward any hobby taken too far ("his fanaticism for that team")人們有時也會把它套用在任何被過度投入的興趣上（像「他對那支球隊的fanaticism」），but the serious use is about belief, not sport但比較嚴肅的用法是講信仰，不是講運動。

Though actually, the everyday word fan began as a short form of fanatic, so the cheering meaning and the dangerous meaning grew from the same place; in careful writing, fanaticism still carries the dark one.

Though actually不過，the everyday word fan began as a short form of fanatic日常用的fan這個字其實是從fanatic縮短來的，so the cheering meaning and the dangerous meaning grew from the same place所以歡呼加油的意思和危險的那個意思，其實是同一個源頭長出來的；in careful writing, fanaticism still carries the dark one在講究用詞的寫作裡，fanaticism仍然帶著那個比較黑暗的意思。