eagerness

英 [ˈiːgənɪs]

美 [ˈigərnəs]

n.  渴望；殷切；热忱；热情

TEM8

BNC.14247 / COCA.12855

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 热切的;渴望的
  If you areeager todo or have something, you want to do or have it very much.
  1. Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army...
     罗伯特很想谈谈陆军生活。
  2. When my own son was five years old, I became eager for another baby...
     我家儿子5岁的时候，我特别想再要一个孩子。
  3. The low prices still pull in crowds of eager buyers.
     低廉的价格仍然吸引了大批热切的买家。
• ADJ-GRADED （看起来或听上去）急切的，期盼的
  If you look or soundeager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen.
  1. Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him...
     阿蒂对他身边那些期盼的面孔嗤之以鼻。
  2. Her voice was girlish and eager.
     她的声音像个小姑娘似的，而且带着一股急不可耐。

英英释义

noun

• prompt willingness
  1. readiness to continue discussions
  2. they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel
  3. they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
  4. he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
  Synonym:readinesszealforwardness
• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
  Synonym:avidityavidnesskeenness

双语例句

• An envious eagerness to possess something.
  因为嫉妒而急切地想拥有某物。
• This eagerness to learn and the industriousness of all class members are special aspects of the EMBA learning environment.
  这种渴望学习和所有类成员的勤奋是特殊方面的EMBA课程的学习环境。
• The eagerness and belief that filled me* and exacted a pledge from life that life could never fulfill?
  当时的渴望和信念令我昏了头，向生活索取了一个它不可能兑现的诺言？
• His eagerness to go with us was obvious.
  他显然想和我们一道去。
• Right from studies to games, the eagerness to do better and learn more makes their lives worth living.
  从研究到游戏，做得更好和学得更多的渴望让他们的生命值得活下去。
• It didn't take me long to lose my eagerness to answer questions.
  它没有考虑我长期失去我的热心回答问题。
• Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
  对财富，快乐或荣誉的狂热追求，不可能不与罪恶结伴同行。
• In their eagerness to find a solution they may have overlooked certain financial difficulties.
  他们急于找到解决的方案，可能忽略了某些财政上的困难。
• Couple that with some enthusiasm and eagerness to do a good job, and you're a great candidate.
  抱着强大的热情和渴望来做好工作，你会是个很好的员工。
• Their faces are blazing with eagerness.
  他们的脸上充满了急切的期待。