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

• Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed.
  以诉诸暴力和流血的渴望为特点。
• I can understand their eagerness that you should be the main speaker.
  我理解希望你作主要发言人的殷切心情。
• 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。
• I quite understand the eagerness of our chancellor to improve our education quality.
  我非常理解校长先生对于改善南县教育的渴望和决心。
• His eagerness to go with us was obvious.
  他显然想和我们一道去。
• His eagerness to get back to work was quite obvious.
  他急于回去工作这一点是很明显的。
• A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston's face at the mention of Big Brother.
  提到老大哥，温斯顿的脸上便了无生气地掠过了一丝向往的表情。
• Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind.
  我已准备启程，我张满了帆，满腔热切，等待风起。
• 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。
• 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？