fad

US [fæd]
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  • n.一时的风尚；短暂的狂热
  • abbr.(=flavin adenine dinucleotide)【生化】黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸
  • Web黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸(flavin adenine dinucleotide)；时尚；一时的流行
Plural Form：fads  

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fad
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1.
一时的风尚；短暂的狂热something that people are interested in for only a short period of time
the latest/current fad
最新╱当前的时尚
a fad for physical fitness
一阵健身狂热
Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad .
事实证明，说唱音乐并不是昙花一现。

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AllAll,一时的风尚一时的风尚,短暂的狂热短暂的狂热,时尚时尚,一时的流行一时的流行
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1.
You quickly conclude that this newfangled chainsaw thing is just a fad, and you go back to chopping down trees with your axe.
您很快就会得出结论，电锯这种新工具只不过是一种时尚，最后还是改用斧子来砍树。
nín hěn kuài jiù huì dé chū jié lùn , diàn jù zhè zhǒng xīn gōng jù zhǐ bú guò shì yī zhǒng shí shàng , zuì hòu hái shì gǎi yòng fǔ zi lái kǎn shù 。
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After a few years, it was clear that software as a service wasn't just a fad, it was a solid business.
几年后，形势已经明朗化：作为一种服务的云计算不仅仅是一时的风潮，而是一门可靠的生意。
jǐ nián hòu , xíng shì yǐ jīng míng lǎng huà : zuò wéi yī zhǒng fú wù de yún jì suàn bù jǐn jǐn shì yì shí de fēng cháo , ér shì yī mén kě kào de shēng yì 。
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3.
Yet, in the West, standards of cleanliness seem to have moved beyond science into the realm of fashion and fad.
然而，在西方，清洁的标准似乎超过了科学而进入到了一种流行或者时尚的潮流中。
rán ér , zài xī fāng , qīng jié de biāo zhǔn sì hū chāo guò le kē xué ér jìn rù dào le yī zhǒng liú xíng huò zhě shí shàng de cháo liú zhōng 。
www.ecocn.org
4.
Although Cyndi might be best known for her wild costumes and video antics of the 80s, she has shown that she wasn't just a fad of the 80s.
尽管辛蒂的闻名是她的狂野造型和80年代音乐录影中的古怪动作，但她所表现出的自我根本不是80年代的时尚。
jǐn guǎn xīn dì de wén míng shì tā de kuáng yě zào xíng hé bā shí nián dài yīn yuè lù yǐng zhōng de gǔ guài dòng zuò , dàn tā suǒ biǎo xiàn chū de zì wǒ gēn běn bú shì bā shí nián dài de shí shàng 。
blog.sina.com.cn
5.
Is sesame-oil and chili hotpot with its spicy layer of red sauce going to be the next popular eating fad?
一锅漂著一层红咚咚辣油的麻辣火锅，有可能成为下一波的流行吗？
yī guō piāo zhù yī céng hóng dōng dōng là yóu de má là huǒ guō , yǒu kě néng chéng wéi xià yī bō de liú xíng ma ?
dictsearch.appspot.com
6.
This global warming fad trying to use a guilt trip about our carbon footprints is a fraud to squeeze more money out of us.
这全球变暖的时尚，试图使用有关我们碳足迹的犯罪之旅，是一项欺诈行为以从我们挤出更多钱。
zhè quán qiú biàn nuǎn de shí shàng , shì tú shǐ yòng yǒu guān wǒ men tàn zú jì de fàn zuì zhī lǚ , shì yī xiàng qī zhà xíng wéi yǐ cóng wǒ men jǐ chū gèng duō qián 。
xiaozu.renren.com
7.
Social media are certainly not a fad, and their impact is only just beginning to be felt.
社交媒体无疑不是短暂的时尚，它们的影响刚刚开始被感觉到。
shè jiāo méi tǐ wú yí bú shì duǎn zàn de shí shàng , tā men de yǐng xiǎng gāng gāng kāi shǐ bèi gǎn jué dào 。
www.ecocn.org
8.
Body piercing is something of a modern fad amongst youngsters (and some oldsters).
身体穿孔艺术在年轻人中间（甚至对个别年长人来说）都是时尚前卫的流行元素。
shēn tǐ chuān kǒng yì shù zài nián qīng rén zhōng jiān ( shèn zhì duì gè bié nián zhǎng rén lái shuō ) dōu shì shí shàng qián wèi de liú xíng yuán sù 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
Sounds like another ridiculous fad to me. I suppose you've got to wrap yourself in cellophane and sit in a sauna!
又是一个荒谬的时髦。我觉得你应该把自己包在玻璃纸里，然后去蒸桑拿！
yòu shì yī gè huāng miù de shí máo 。 wǒ jué de nǐ yīng gāi bǎ zì jǐ bāo zài bō li zhǐ lǐ , rán hòu qù zhēng sāng ná !
www.kekenet.com
10.
Physics tends to be dictated by fad and fashion. There are the gurus who dictate the direction in which new ideas grow.
物理学往往是直接与流行时尚挂钩。专家决定新思想的发展方向。
wù lǐ xué wǎng wǎng shì zhí jiē yǔ liú xíng shí shàng guà gōu 。 zhuān jiā jué dìng xīn sī xiǎng de fā zhǎn fāng xiàng 。
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