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单词 keen
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keen
(kn )
Word forms: keener , keenest , keens, keening, keened
1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE that, ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B1+
If you are keen on doing something, you very much want to do it. If you are keen that something should happen, you very much want it to happen. [mainly British]
You're not keen on going, are you? [+ on]
Both companies were keen on a merger.
I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from outside the EU.
She's still keen to keep in touch.
I am not keen for her to have a bicycle. [+ for]
keenness uncountable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive] B2
...Doyle's keenness to please.
...a keenness for the idea of a co-ordinated approach to development. [+ for]
Synonyms: astuteness, wisdom, insight, sensitivity  
Synonyms: sharpness, penetration, severity, rigour  
2. adjective B1+
If you are keen on something, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it. [mainly British]
I got quite keen on the idea. [+ on]
I wasn't too keen on physics and chemistry.
keenness uncountable noun B2
...his keenness for the arts. [+ for]
Synonyms: astuteness, wisdom, insight, sensitivity  
Synonyms: sharpness, penetration, severity, rigour  
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use keen to indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it.
She was a keen amateur photographer.
[Also + on]
4. adjective B2
If you describe someone as keen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do.
He's a very keen student and works very hard.
You're all very keen.
keenness uncountable noun B2
...the keenness of the students. [+ of]
Synonyms: astuteness, wisdom, insight, sensitivity  
Synonyms: sharpness, penetration, severity, rigour  
Synonyms: eagerness, passion, enthusiasm, intensity  
5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A keen interest or emotion is one that is very intense.
He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
...his keen sense of loyalty.
Synonyms: earnest, fierce, intense, vehement  
keenly adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb]
She remained keenly interested in international affairs.
This is a keenly awaited project.
6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you are a keen supporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically.
He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life.
He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
Synonyms: faithful, true, constant, devoted  
7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you say that someone has a keen mind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them.
They described him as a man of keen intellect.
Mr Walsh has a keen appreciation of the priorities of the electorate.
I can see you have a keen sense of humour.
Synonyms: perceptive, quick, sharp, brilliant  
keenly adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb]
They're keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent.
8. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you have a keen eye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect.
...an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail.
Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
Synonyms: penetrating, clear, powerful, sharp  
keenly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Charles listened keenly.
...his keenly observed portrait.
9. graded adjective [v-link ADJ on n]
If you are keen on someone, you find them sexually attractive and want to get to know them better. [British, informal]
Mick has always been very keen on Carla.
10. adjective
A keen fight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win.
There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections.
keenly adverb
The contest should be very keenly fought.
11. adjective
Keen prices are low and competitive. [mainly British]
The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.
keenly adverb [ADVERB -ed]
The shops also offer a keenly priced curtain-making service.
12. verb
If someone keens, they cry out or make sounds to express their sorrow at someone's death. [literary]
He tossed back his head and keened. [VERB]
Someone was making a low, keening noise. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: lament, cry, weep, sob  
13. mad keen phrase
If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it. [British, informal, emphasis]
So you're not mad keen on science then?
She was mad keen to go.
...a mad keen golfer.
Idioms:
keen as mustard [mainly British, old-fashioned]
very eager or alert
I have an adult pupil who scored very low in assessments but is keen as mustard.
Collocations:
equally keen to
But while some experts focus on their favourite sectors, others are equally keen to highlight the sectors that they would avoid - and why.
Times, Sunday Times
The bumptious billionaire needs to remember that he will be up against others equally keen to protect themselves from legal comeback.
Times, Sunday Times
While they are keen to secure good tenants, you should be equally keen to secure a good landlord.
The Sun
If someone wants him alive, the security services are equally keen to discredit him.
Times, Sunday Times
Town were equally keen to find their form after a horror run of five losses in six had plunged them into the drop zone.
The Sun
keen attention
Next to us was a novelist, paying keen attention.
Times, Sunday Times
An incredibly keen attention to detail, as well as a high tolerance for the smell of antibacterial hand gel.
The Sun
It means setting a clear direction, choosing a great team to support you and always having keen attention to detail.
Times, Sunday Times
To all these duties he brought a keen attention to detail, while his dry sense of humour helped to defuse potentially difficult situations.
Times, Sunday Times
Keen attention must be paid to protecting innocent bystanders who may get caught up in an incident.
Times, Sunday Times
keen desire
Candidates need to have 'a passion for the game and a keen desire to learn'.
Times, Sunday Times
He has always shown a keen desire to learn and improve.
Times, Sunday Times
Both writers are sustained by the keen desire of being able to see the other one as a failure.
The Times Literary Supplement
The music expresses feelings of criticism, pity, prayer, mercy and a keen desire to recognize the truth.
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His proposal reflected both his keen desire to be helpful and his shrewd business sense.
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keen intelligence
We approach all encounters with a pot of power, whether made up of material wealth, physical strength, a keen intelligence or a fine reputation.
Times, Sunday Times
He was much admired by his students for his keen intelligence, generous sympathy, and ready accessibility.
Times, Sunday Times
When he found a role at the civil service, he couldn't get promoted, despite a powerful work ethic and keen intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times
Reviewers praised its subtle mixture of irony and elegy, its political and moral insights and the keen intelligence of a writer reluctant to indulge in nostalgic self-deception.
The Times Literary Supplement
She ate her way through three decades of food fads, always with keen intelligence, meticulous commentary, good humour and prose that was as elegant as her person.
Times, Sunday Times
keen mind
This sleuth's foibles provide much wit, without masking a keen mind that bodes ill for any wrongdoers.
Times, Sunday Times
He's the thinking sort of pianist, not the flashy kind - although a keen mind met pearly virtuosity in this concert's fine second half.
Times, Sunday Times
He was said to have had a keen mind and was quick at repartee in his polemical treatises.
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Because of his keen mind and magical prowess (which he uses in secrecy), he becomes a feared inquisitor.
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He possesses above-average intelligence and a keen mind for criminal strategy.
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keen observation
Readers will share the admiration for her, but many will hope that her next adventurous travel book will have more of her usual keen observation and less polemic.
The Times Literary Supplement
Still, there are keen insights into her psyche — namely, keen observation from the outside.
Times, Sunday Times
It's made with the gloss, great acting and technical know-how of a studio picture, then ratcheted up 10 levels with wit, originality, keen observation, intelligence and wistfulness.
Globe and Mail
They keep keen observation on the political and social issues.
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It has also been praised for its keen observation of character, curtness, wit, and lyrical quality.
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keen observer
He was a keen observer of life, and combined his literary creativity with a journalistic drive to follow political events.
Times, Sunday Times
I'm a keen observer of people- an underrated skill in business.
Times, Sunday Times
He was a keen observer of their movements and also developed an understanding of their personalities, which he succeeded in capturing in the best of his work.
Times, Sunday Times
A keen observer, a voracious reader, an obsessive collector, he happily shares his bounty.
The Times Literary Supplement
The distance was apparent to any keen observer throughout the campaign, and was pointed out - constantly.
Times, Sunday Times
keen reader
He was, it emerged, a keen reader of 'penny dreadfuls' - lurid tales of crime and adventure that conservative critics blamed for the general decline of morality.
Times, Sunday Times
He was a keen reader of military studies, annotating many of the books in the margins as he read them.
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As a keen reader, he also noticed the lack of literature covering this genre.
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She remains a keen reader, completing a book a week despite her hectic schedule.
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He was a keen reader of detective stories and a fan of jazz music.
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keen sense of
He has a keen sense of how to avoid the unnecessary nonsense that comes with the job.
Times, Sunday Times
Her rather daunting bearing and vocabulary, and her iron will and perfectionism, were tempered by a keen sense of humour and of the ridiculous.
Times, Sunday Times
Both instilled a keen sense of justice in their son.
Times, Sunday Times
Although appearing austere, he had a very keen sense of humour.
Times, Sunday Times
There's also a keen sense of the way in which love and friendship are warped in the crucible of power.
Times, Sunday Times
keen understanding of
And throughout his game he has shown keen understanding of course management and his own strengths and weaknesses.
ST
To get ahead in an increasingly competitive and global world, companies must also develop a keen understanding of their customers and industries.
Times, Sunday Times
Is it necessary that every senior politician should have a keen understanding of physics?
Times, Sunday Times
This album also bottles up a keen understanding of fiddle-fuelled bluegrass for an accomplished, mature-beyond-his-years debut.
The Sun
Yet he clearly also has a keen understanding of both the director's work and the criticism it has inspired.
The Times Literary Supplement
Translations:
Chinese: 渴望的
Japanese: 熱心な
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