陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

craze/ fad/ mania/ prevailing/ prevalent/ tendency/ trend/ vogue

1. 「流行的」、「盛行的」、「普遍的」可用prevailing或prevalent，「趨勢」、「傾向」用tendency或trend：

•She wore her hair in the prevailing fashion.

•The prevailing point of view among American farmers is that they have been sold out because of the low price of their products.

•The habit of traveling by aircraft is becoming more prevalent each year.

•Eye diseases are prevalent in some tropical countries.

•The tendency of wages is still upwards.

•She has always had a tendency to be fat.

•He has a tendency to talk too much.

•Today's trend is toward less formal clothing.

2. 「流行」可用vogue，假如強調「一時的狂熱」、「短暫的時尚」，用craze、fad或mania（非正式）：

•Slacks became the vogue on many college campuses.

•This new toy is the latest craze in Taiwan.

•Skateboarding is the latest craze in the United States.

•His desire for black hats is only a passing fad.

•Wearing long hair for men is on a fad.

•The boy has a mania for collecting stamps.