enthusiasm; devotion(слишком сильно для увлечения, искажён смысл ART Vancouver); interest(чемл.; a matter, activity etc. that is of special concern to one • Gardening is one of my main interests); enamourment; intoxication; one's cup of tea; passion(with instr., for); avocation(чем-либо); immersion(чем-либо Anglophile); fascination(with Notburga); preoccupation(MargeWebley); pursuit(чем-либо или кем-либо, напр., "amorous pursuit of a woman" Vadim Rouminsky); transport; whim; keenness(on); leisure pursuit(triumfov); fandom(The state or condition of being a fan of someone or something: ‘my 17 years of sports fandom'; ‘an extensive questionnaire determined levels of Harry Potter fandom on a scale of one to five' Bullfinch); mash; rave; rage; dalliance(Notburga); whimsy; entrainment(тж. частиц); infatuation(Anglophile); fascination(какой-л. темой • Tom O'Neill is an investigative journalist and entertainment reporter. In the first half, he discussed his twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders and new revelations in a riveting reassessment of this infamous American crime. (coasttocoastam.com) • In the second half, the man George Noory has dubbed the "Greatest Storyteller Ever Born" — Anglican priest Lionel Fanthorpe — shared various myths, legends, folklore, and tales. His described how his early fascination with the strange and unusual was sparked by his penchant for escaping schoolwork. "I would sneak in and crouch down behind one of the big library shelves," he recounted, indulging in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. (coasttocoastam.com)ART Vancouver); alacrity of spirit; ardor; ardour; flightiness; flow of spirits; glow; impotence; impotency; impuissance; life; infatuation(with instr., with); crush(on); fancy(take a fancy for somebody – увлечься кем-либо); enthralment; fad(a temporary fashion; a craze, interest or activity that (some) people follow enthusiastically, but lasts for a short period of time); one's cup of tea(the sort of thing one likes or prefers • Classical music is not my cup of tea)
hobby(В зале суда столичный гость, который на данный момент проживает в Севастополе и работает торговым представителем, полностью признал свою вину, однако увидеть его раскаяние не удалось. Более того, он вёл себя вызывающе и сообщил, что рисование граффити на военной технике является его увлечением. (из рус. источников)ART Vancouver)
