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

• Forget about penicillin, digital computers and even the Big Bang, passing fads all of them.
  忘掉青霉素、计算机，甚至大爆炸吧，跳过所有那些风行的问题。
• Fads come and go, and sometimes it's safe to ignore them ( sage advice coming from a guy with a wardrobe full of leisure suits).
  流行时尚来了又去，有时无需理会它们（明智的建议来自一个衣橱里满是休闲服的家伙）。
• Ex: Everybody has different fads.
  每个人有不同的嗜好。
• 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。
• We still face the problem of misunderstanding Agility, but this occurs whenever new fads arise and transition from novelty to general acceptance.
  我们仍然面临着误解Agility的严重问题，但是不管有新的流行趋势出现，或者从新奇性转变为普遍接受时，这种情况都会发生。
• 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；
• The challenge is to look beyond the hype of companies and media and see the trends from the fads.
  挑战就是在公司，媒体的炒作之下认清流行的趋势。
• It is driven largely by fads, technical factors, liquidity shifts, and government signalling.
  它主要受到短期风潮、技术因素、流动性变化和政府信号的推动。
• 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。
• It was one of the many fads that sweep through mathematics regularly.
  它是常见的贯穿在数学中的许多流行一时的风尚之一。