a person who is very interested in something and spends a lot of time doing it 热衷于…的人；热心者；爱好者 a football enthusiast 足球爱好者 - enthusiast of something
an enthusiast of jazz 爵士乐爱好者 - enthusiast for something
She was an enthusiast for early Italian art. 她是早期意大利艺术的发烧友。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1Railway enthusiasts were given the chance to ride on the old steam train during the weekend. 铁路迷有幸可以在周末去乘坐老式蒸汽火车。 She was a lifelong enthusiast of dancing, running and waterskiing. 她毕生热衷于舞蹈、跑步和水橇运动。
a person who approves of something and shows enthusiasm for it 热烈支持者；热情赞成者 - enthusiast for something
enthusiasts for a united Europe 热烈赞成建立统一欧洲的人 - enthusiast of something
They are great enthusiasts of the American work ethic. 他们是美国职业道德的伟大发烧友。
- enthusiast for something
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired): from French enthousiaste or ecclesiastical Latin enthusiastes ‘member of a heretical sect’, from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from the adjective enthous ‘possessed by a god, inspired’ (based on theos ‘god’).