zeal, passion, fervor, fire, ardor, zealotry, indignation, contrarian

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Lay’s narrow worldview is extreme; his zealotry, if anything, works as an argument for civilian control of the armed forces.



missionary zeal noun [U]
extreme enthusiasm


a zeal for money-making

zealot 
noun [C] ━━ n. 熱中［熱狂，狂信］者.
a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too:
a religious zealot

zealous 
adjective　━━ a. 熱心な, 熱狂的な ((for, in; to do, in doing)).
enthusiastic and eager:
a zealous supporter of the government's policies
zeal：熱心；心火；神火；熱忱：愛天主的實際行動。

¹³這樣，我的忿怒纔可以發洩，我的怒火在他們身上纔會平息，得到了報復；當我的憤怒在他們身上發洩時，他們要承認我，上主，在妒火中講了話。¹³And I will accomplish my fury, and will cause my indignation to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I shall have accomplished my indignation in them.

我要这样成就怒中所定的。我向他们发的忿怒止息了，自己就得着安慰。我在他们身上成就怒中所定的那时，他们就知道我耶和华所说的是出于热心。Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
以西结书(Ezekiel) -- 第 5 章厄則克耳 Ezekiel

zeal, apostolic：傳教神火；宣傳宗教之熱忱。
Zealots：狂熱份子；熱誠派；愛國份子。
 zealotry
熱狂(的行動)

zeal 
noun [S or U]
great enthusiasm or eagerness:
reforming/missionary/religious zeal
a zeal for money-making

zealot
noun [C]
a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too:
a religious zealot

zealous 
adjective
enthusiastic and eager:
a zealous supporter of the government's policies

zealously 
adverb

zealousness


SYNONYMS passion, fervor, fire, zeal, ardor. These nouns denote powerful, intense emotion. Passion is a deep, overwhelming emotion: "There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy" (Richard Brinsley Sheridan). The term may signify sexual desire or anger: "He flew into a violent passion and abused me mercilessly" (H.G. Wells). Fervor is great warmth and intensity of feeling: "The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal" (William James). Fire is burning passion: "In our youth our hearts were touched with fire" (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.). Zeal is strong, enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance: "Laurie [resolved], with a glow of philanthropic zeal, to found and endow an institution for ... women with artistic tendencies" (Louisa May Alcott). Ardor is fiery intensity of feeling: "the furious ardor of my zeal repressed" (Charles Churchill). See also synonyms at feeling.




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Contrarian Investing

In finance, a contrarian is one who attempts to profit by investing in a manner



con·trar·i·an (kən-trâr'ē-ən)
n. 這是1954年的新字
One who takes a contrary view or action, especially an investor who makes decisions that contradict prevailing wisdom, as in buying securities that are unpopular at the time.
逆向(股市)操作者 唱反調的人. 憤青
contrarian contrarian adj.


 that differs from the conventional wisdom, when the consensus opinion appears to be wrong.