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

• Carl pushed ahead in his eagerness to reach the wall.
  卡尔为了能够到墙急切地往前挤。
• Herzog felt a deep, dizzy eagerness to begin.
  赫索格感到一种深切而晕眩的渴望又开始了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The nation's economy is growing rapidly. People look forward to happy lives with eagerness.
  国家经济迅速发展，人民渴望过上幸福生活。
• In their eagerness to find a solution they may have overlooked certain financial difficulties.
  他们急于找到解决的方案，可能忽略了某些财政上的困难。
• The eagerness with which you discuss the job rather than the salary may reveal your enthusiasm for work.
  积极地谈论工作而不是急于打听工资，表明你对工作非常热情。
• 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。