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

• 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。
• 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。
• His eagerness moved the girl deeply.
  他的热心深深地打动了她。
• His eagerness to go with us was obvious.
  他显然想和我们一道去。
• Their faces are blazing with eagerness.
  他们的脸上充满了急切的期待。
• 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 sound of craving and eagerness that had nothing articulate in it but blood.
  是渴望与急切的喧嚣，喧嚣中除了“血”字之外别的话都听不清。
• 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。
• 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。
• During this unavoidable lapse of time the bridegroom, in proof of his eagerness, was expected to expose himself alone to the gaze of the assembled company.
  在这不可避免的间隙中，新郎必须单独出现在众目睽睽之下，以表明他对新娘情真意切的渴望。