His ardour for the cause inspired his followers. 他对事业的热情激励著他的追随者.
People were impressed with his ardour. 人们对他的热心留下沉刻印象。
Their ardour was damped by my critics. 我的批评给他们的热情泼了冷水。
ardour
[ noun ]
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
<noun.feeling> they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor he felt a kind of religious zeal
intense feeling of love
<noun.feeling>
feelings of great warmth and intensity
<noun.feeling> he spoke with great ardor
Ardor \Ar"dor\, n. [L. ardor, fr. ardere to burn: cf. OF. ardor, ardur, F. ardeur.] [Spelt also {ardour}.] 1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
2. Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
3. pl. Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.]
Syn: Fervor; warmth; eagerness. See {Fervor}.
The lasting memorial to their stage relationship was Ashton's Marguerite and Armand (1963), which captured that ardour and excitement which so thrilled audiences. No one company could satisfy Nureyev's eagerness for work.
Other critics are damned simply as 'Namierite', in some cases with gross unfairness. The same defensive ardour gives rise to perverse omissions and judgments.
Just the same, the uncertainty may at some point damp the market's ardour.