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

• The instant he did this all Rostov's eagerness suddenly vanished.
  就在他这样做的同一刹那，罗斯托夫全身劲头忽然消失了。
• His eagerness moved the girl deeply.
  他的热心深深地打动了她。
• 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？
• In our eagerness to make a living, we often forget about our quality of life.
  在我们迫切谋生的同时，我们往往遗忘了我们生活的品质。
• Carl pushed ahead in his eagerness to reach the wall.
  卡尔为了能够到墙急切地往前挤。
• 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。
• However, this eagerness can backfire if parents fail to educate their children with scientific approaches and concepts.
  但是有了这种心情，如果没有教育子女的科学方法和正确的教育观念，就很可能出现适得其反的效果。
• 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。
• Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed.
  以诉诸暴力和流血的渴望为特点。
• 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。