基本释义
fetish: if you say that someone has a fetish for doing something, you disapprove of the fact that they do it very often or enjoy it very much.
n. 迷恋
He is also a shaper of capitalist trends, and that is where the problem lies. His fetish for Twitter—first as a megaphone to promote himself and his companies and now as a plaything that he has offered $43bn to buy—is taking the world of business in a reckless new direction.
马斯克也引领着资本主义风潮，这正是问题所在。他痴迷推特，起初只是在推特上营销自己和名下公司，如今却像对待玩物一般，有意出价430亿美元将其收购。他的这一嗜好正裹挟商业界朝不计后果的新方向挺进。
《经济学人》
单词fetish来自法语fétiche，表示“人造的”，1760年出现在著名人类学家查尔斯·德·布霍斯的著作中，指非洲原始部落所崇拜的“护身符”或“偶像”。
在这些原始部落，人们对自然现象缺乏理解，以为许多物体如石块、木片等具有灵性，并赋以神秘的、超自然的性质，以及支配人的命运的力量。他们将这种灵性物品制作成护身符，或当成偶像来进行崇拜。所以fetish也有“神物”的含义，例如：
Dragon is a fetish that combines animals including the fish, snake, horse and ox with cloud, thunder, lightning and other natural celestial phenomena.
龙是将鱼、蛇、马、牛等动物与云雾、雷电等自然天象集合而成的一种神物。
Victorian men developed fetishes focusing on feet, shoes and boots.
维多利亚时代的男人对脚、鞋和靴子产生了恋物癖。
His girlfriend has a fetish about cleanliness.
他的女朋友有洁癖。
The young commonly have a fetish about luxuries.
年轻人们通常会迷恋奢侈品。
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