infatuation

🇬🇧 UK/ɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃən/🇺🇸 US/in.fætju'eiʃәn/
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Definitions

n.

An intense but short-lived and often unreasoning love or attraction for someone or something.

迷恋,痴迷;短暂而强烈的爱慕

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
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fatuatroot
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ionact, process, state
=infatuation

Common Collocations

  • 1.infatuation with对...的迷恋
  • 2.teenage infatuation青少年的迷恋
  • 3.[brief] infatuation[短暂的]痴迷

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His infatuation with the new actress lasted only a few months.

  • 2.

    What began as infatuation gradually transformed into genuine love and commitment.

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