fain

英 [feɪn]

美 [feɪn]

adv.  欣然; 乐意地

BNC.49172 / COCA.31712

牛津词典

adv.

• 欣然；乐意地
  willingly or with pleasure
  1. I would fain do as you ask.
     听候你的吩咐。

英英释义

adj

• having made preparations
  1. prepared to take risks
  Synonym:disposed(p)inclined(p)prepared

adv

• in a willing manner
  1. this was gladly agreed to
  2. I would fain do it
  Synonym:gladlylief

双语例句

• Is not remorse the justice which is administered by that very law which you would fain serve?
  难道悔恨不正是你们所侍奉的法律实施的公正？
• We made her stop: she'd fain have ridden forwards, afeard you should be uneasy.
  是我们叫她停下来的。她想骑马向前去，又怕你不放心。
• And I fain would have you remember me as a beginning.
  我愿你们将我记做是一个起点。
• I would fain stay at home.
  我真乐意呆在家里。
• Can I remain friendly to those who thus maimed me and would fain have taken my life also?
  他们这样残害我，恨不得要我的命，我还能和他们友好吗？
• However, I would fain write to you now by broad daylight, and report to you some of my life, such as it is, and recall you to your life, which is not always lived by you, even by daylight.
  不管怎样，大白天给你写信我很高兴，向你报告一些生命的消息。这样做的目的也是为了唤醒你的生命，那并不是时时醒着，甚至是在大白天。
• Her hope was, that Linton might be left with him, as he had been with her: his father, she would fain convince herself, had no desire to assume the burden of his maintenance or education.
  她的希望是把林惇交给他，就像他从前和她在一起一样；她自己也情愿相信，这孩子的父亲根本不想担起抚养和教育他的义务。
• And I fain would have you sing it with fullness of heart; yet I would not have you lose your hearts in the singing.
  我祈愿你全心去唱它；然而却不愿你们在歌唱之中迷失了灵魂。
• As well as having an aptitude for mathematics, Mr Fain é also cites the homespun wisdom of his mother, who ran a dairy shop in Barcelona and taught him the importance of pricing goods, discounting and bargaining.
  除了具备数学方面的天赋，费恩还大谈他母亲身上那种朴素的智慧。他母亲在巴塞罗那开了一间乳品店，教给了他商品定价、打折和讨价还价的重要性。
• But, to all these shadowy beings, so long our near acquaintances, as well Roger Chillingworth as his companions, we would fain be merciful.
  然而，对于所有这些阴影式的人物，只要是我们的熟人不管是罗杰齐灵渥斯，抑或是他的伙伴，我们还不得不显示点仁慈。