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If you are fervent, you believe something or feel something very strongly, and you mean it.
If you are如果你 fervent fervent you believe something or feel something very strongly你非常強烈地相信或感受某件事 and you mean it而且是真心的
It is not a , everyday word; it sounds a little careful, even a little old-fashioned, and you meet it more in writing and speeches than in chat. People use it for feelings that run hot in a sincere way: a fervent hope, a fervent believer, a fervent supporter of a team or a cause.
It is not a slangy, everyday word它不是俚語或日常口語 it sounds a little careful聽起來有點講究 even a little old-fashioned甚至有點老派 and而且 you meet it more你比較會在 in writing and speeches寫作和演講裡遇到它 than in chat而不是在聊天中 People有人 use it用這個字 for feelings that run hot in a sincere way來形容那種真誠又強烈的感情： a fervent hope熱切的希望 a fervent believer熱誠的信徒 a fervent supporter of a team or a cause或一個團隊、一項理念的熱情支持者
The heat in the word is old. It comes from Latin for burning or boiling, so the feeling is “on fire,” but usually not angry fire — more like a hope or a faith that will not cool down. Stronger than keen, more serious than .
The heat in the word這個字裡的「熱」 is old由來已久 It comes from Latin它來自拉丁文 for burning or boiling意思是「燃燒」或「沸騰」 so the feeling is所以那種感覺是 "on fire"「著火般的」 but usually not angry fire但通常不是憤怒的火 more like a hope or a faith而更像是一種希望或信念 that will not cool down不會冷卻下來 Stronger than keen比keen更強烈 more serious than excited比excited更正經
You can be fervent about religion, justice, a wish, or even a sports club; the word does not judge whether the cause is wise, only that the feeling is deep and real.
You can be fervent about你可以對 religion, justice, a wish宗教、正義、一個願望 or even a sports club甚至一個運動俱樂部感到fervent； the word does not judge這個字不去評斷 whether the cause is wise那個理由是否明智 only that the feeling is deep and real只表示這份感情深刻又真實
組成From Middle English and Old French fervent, from Latin ferventem, “burning, hot, zealous,” the participle of ferveō, “to burn; to be hot; to be fired up.” Ultimately from a root meaning to boil.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ferventadj/ˈfɜːv(ə)nt/
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Very hot; burning, scorching; also, glowing with heat.
- Lo here hath euery fayth[f]ull man a ſure promiſe, yͭ in the feruent heate of tentacion or tribulacion […] God gyueth the faythful man yͭ hopeth in him, yͭ ſhadow of hys holy ſhoulders, which are brode ⁊ large, ſufficient to refrigerate ⁊ refreſhe the man in that heate, and in euerye trybulacion he putteth hys ſhoulders for a defence betwene.
- But the day of the Lord wil come as a thiefe in the night; in the which the heauens ſhall paſſe away with a great noiſe, and the Elements ſhall melt with feruent heate, the earth alſo and the works that are therin ſhalbe burnt vp.
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obsoleteOf cold: intense, severe.
- [A] feruent colde countrey, vnder whiche a colde ſeaſon ſhulde be comprehended, whiche alſo letteth bloud lettyng: for in a countrey and ſeaſon very colde, the blud is cloſed in the depeſt partis of the body, and the bloud that tarieth in the vtter partis, the colde makethe thycke, whiche to voide is no wyſedome.
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obsoletehistoricalOf a drug: having an abundance of heat as one of the four qualities believed to be characteristic of all things; hot rather than cold, dry, or moist.
- The common Camomill is of complexion hoate and dry, and not ſo feruent as the Romaine Camomill, but more pleaſant and gentill.
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Of a person, or their actions, interests, or nature: exhibiting persistent belief or conviction, and enthusiasm or zeal; ardent, earnest, passionate.
- Butt above all thyngꝭ [thynges, i.e., things] have fervent love a monge you. For love covereth the multitude of ſines.
- Two thinges haue mooued me (moſt noble Princeſſe) hauing newly tranſlated into Engliſh this Herball or Hiſtorie of Plantes […] The other was, that earneſt zeale, and feruent deſire that I haue, and a long time haue had, to ſhewe my ſelfe (by yeelding ſome fruite of paineful diligēce [diligence]) a thankeful ſubiect to ſo vertuous a Soueraigne, ⁊ a fruitful member of ſo good a cõmon [common] Weale.
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archaicOf a thing such as a battle, unrest, etc.: intense, severe; also, of a wild animal: fierce.
- When the battel is hotteſt ⁊ in al places moſt fierce ⁊ feruent, a bende of choſen and picked yong men, which be ſworne to liue ⁊ dye togethers, take vpon them to deſtroye theire aduerſaries capitaine, hym they inuade now with preuy wyeles, now by opē [open] ſtrength.
- [T]here appeared vnto th^ẽ [them] a bore of a monſtrous ſhape, vvonderfull fat, vvith horrible haire, a skin ſet vvith ſtanding briſtles, rough vpon the back, & his mouth continually foaming out aboundance of froath, & the ſound of his gnaſhing teeth ringing like the ratling of armor; hauing fire-burning eies, a deſpitefull looke, a violent force, and euery vvay feruent: […]
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