fever pitch

英 [ˈfiːvə pɪtʃ]

美 [ˈfiːvər pɪtʃ]

n.  高度兴奋; 极为激动; 狂热

牛津词典

noun

• 高度兴奋；极为激动；狂热
  a very high level of excitement or activity
  1. Speculation about his future had reached fever pitch .
     关于他的前途的猜测达到了狂想的地步。
  2. Excitement has been at fever pitch for days.
     狂热的兴奋持续了好些日子。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 极度兴奋;狂热
  If something is atfever pitch, it is in an extremely active or excited state.
  1. Frances kept talking, her mind at fever pitch...
     弗朗西丝不停地说着，头脑处于极度兴奋状态。
  2. Campaigning is reaching fever pitch for elections on November 6.
     为 11 月 6 日选举进行的竞选活动逐渐达到白热化。

英英释义

noun

• a state of extreme excitement
  1. the crowd was at fever pitch

双语例句

• The excitement in the room rose to fever pitch.
  房里群情激动，到了狂热的程度。
• Several of Hornby's books have become popular films, including High Fidelity and Fever Pitch.
  霍恩比的不少书作，包括《失恋排行榜》和《极度狂热》在内，都已成为银幕佳作。
• We worked at fever pitch.
  我们拼命地干着。
• Patriotism was then at fever pitch.
  当时爱国主义情绪高涨。
• Frances kept talking, her mind at fever pitch
  弗朗西丝不停地说着，头脑处于极度兴奋状态。
• The technical developments, though slow at first, have recently reached a fever pitch.
  这些技术发展尽量开始时发展缓慢，但最近很狂热。
• The puns are coming at a fever pitch.
  双关语已经到了一种狂热的程度。
• He did not mind the hunger so much, but the lack of water caused him severe suffering and fanned his wrath to fever pitch.
  他的怒火越烧越旺，他不太在乎饥饿，可没水喝使他非常痛苦，煸得他的怒火达到狂热的程度。
• The interest in corporate venture activity is at fever pitch, and with more and more corporations looking for perspective, I thought it might be thoughtful to put pen to paper.
  随着企业风投活动升温，越来越多的企业希望能够得到相关的建议，因此我将把个人观点付诸笔端，希望能为他们提供一些帮助。
• At the G20 meeting in Washington in November 2008 the global governance rhetoric rose to fever pitch.
  2008年11月在华盛顿召开的g20会议上，人们狂热地谈论全球治理。