如果您经常看乐评或影评，应该不会对rave review（热情赞扬）感到陌生。不过这次，因为刚好在奥运新闻里看到了它，倒也应了我们“时事热词”的景，所以，即时拎出来，大家一起学习。

请看外电有关“国际奥委会协调委员会主席维尔布鲁根对北京奥组委筹办工作评价”的相关报道：Beijing received a rave¹ review for their "stunning²" venues³ and "high quality" organization from the IOC on Thursday at the end of three-day inspection⁴ of preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Hein Verbruggen, head of the IOC's coordination⁵ commission for the Beijing Games, also expressed confidence that the organizers would honor bid commitments on the environment and media freedom.

报道中的rave review可以解释为“高度好评”。在这里，rave不再是我们日常所见的“咆哮、胡言乱语”，而是指an extravagantly⁶ favorable criticism（狂热赞扬），常用来修饰praise，criticism或review，举个例子：The young director won rave reviews for his film.（那青年导演执导的影片赢得了热烈的好评。）

另外，rave也可单独作为名词来指代“热情赞扬”，或用作动词，如上面的例句也可改写为“The young director won raves⁷ for his film”，或者是，“People were raving⁸ about the young director's film”。