fads

英 [fædz]

美 [fædz]

n.  一时的风尚; 短暂的狂热
fad的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一时的风尚;风靡一时之物
  You usefadto refer to an activity or topic of interest that is very popular for a short time, but which people become bored with very quickly.
  1. Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad.
     哈姆内特不相信对环境的关注是昙花一现。

双语例句

• Stock prices can be subject to bubbles or fads that lead a stock price to differ from its fundamental value.
  股票价格会受到泡沫经济和狂热的影响，导致股票价格偏离基础价格。
• Tax breaks and investment fads can only go so far.
  靠税收减免和潮流投资只能走这么远。
• However, in the United States, there is an additional reason for fads: most Americans seem to feel that something is wrong if there isn't frequent change in their lives.
  但是，在美国，时尚的发生另有其因：大多数美国人似乎觉得，如果他们的生活没有发生频繁的变化，那一定有什么地方不对劲了。
• "Fads are nothing new on Wall Street," he tells fortune.
  “奇思怪想在华尔街一点也不新鲜，”他告诉财富网站（Fortune.com）。
• This could entail fishing at different times of day, at specific depths under the waves, or by more targeted use of fish aggregating devices ( FADs).
  这可以在一天内使用不同的方法捕鱼，在大浪中一个特定的深度，或更定向的使用鱼群搜寻设备。
• China is no stranger to investment fads.
  投资热在中国并不少见。
• But it's just recently that it has been considered as one of the addicting fads.
  不过，这只是最近，它已被视为其中的上瘾的潮流。
• University students should have the resolve to live a frugal lifestyle and should not try to keep up with the Joneses or follow trends and fads.
  大学生应该有决心过节俭生活，不要和别人比阔气或追求时尚；
• Theybring back plenty of memories that, unlike fads, will never goaway.
  它们可以唤回很多回忆，而回忆和时尚不同，它永远不会消失。
• Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason.
  我认为，赶时髦就是最缺乏理智的表现。