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

• I am so weary of this place; and I would fain be at home.
  我在这里无聊极了；我真想回家。
• The prime minister himself would fain wait upon him at breakfast.
  首相很乐意亲自伺候他吃早餐。
• For I'm weary wi'hunting, and fain wald lie down.
  我打猎太累了，只想舒服地躺躺。
• 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。
• Mr Fain admitted that big ships would never be suited to every market.
  他承认，大船不可能适合所有市场。
• 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。
• And saintly men, who walk with God on earth, would fain be away, to walk with Him on the golden pavements of the New Jerusalem.
  在人世间和上帝同行的圣人们，都会欣然随他而去，定在新耶路撤冷的黄金铺路上的。
• 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。
• As we walked home, I would fain have enlightened my charge on the characters of the people we had quitted; but she got it into her head that I was prejudiced against them.
  在我们走回来的时候，我真想谈谈我们刚离开的这些人的性格，以此来开导开导我所照顾的人；可是她已经有了成见，反倒说我对他们有偏见了。
• 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。