alacrity

英 [əˈlækrəti]

美 [əˈlækrəti]

n.  欣然同意; 十分乐意

GRE

BNC.19836 / COCA.27693

牛津词典

noun

• 欣然同意；十分乐意
  great willingness or enthusiasm
  1. They accepted the offer with alacrity.
     他们欣然接受了建议。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 欣然；痛快
  If you do somethingwith alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
  1. As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
     你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。

英英释义

noun

• liveliness and eagerness
  1. he accepted with alacrity
  2. the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
  Synonym:brisknesssmartness

双语例句

• I was instructed to make contact with maximum alacrity.
  我被命令越快和你们取得联系越好。
• "I should be most happy," he replied aloud, jumping up with alacrity.
  “我非常乐意，”他霍地跳了起来，大声答道。
• As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
  你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。
• The United Nations has acted with alacrity and determination in this crisis.
  联合国在这场危机中的行动迅捷坚定。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
• When the plan of going abroad was proposed to arthur, it was received by that gentleman with the greatest alacrity and enthusiasm.
  出国计划向亚瑟一提出，立刻得到了那位先生的欢迎，他非常乐意，欢欣鼓舞。
• Such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity.
  这样的书我们是无可奈何地而不是轻松愉快地去读的。
• I am always amazed at the alacrity with which they report their numbers.
  我总是惊讶于他们报告数据时的迅速。
• Yes, he had no engagement at all for to-morrow; and her invitation was accepted with alacrity.
  能来，他明天没有约会；于是他爽爽快快地接受了她的邀请。
• Ambition is like choler, which isa humor that makes men active, earnest, full of alacrity, if it be not stopped.
  野心就如胆汁，假如不受到阻止的话，会是一种让人积极、热心、敏捷、好动的体液。