alacrity

a·lac·ri·ty

A0172900 (ə-lăk′rĭ-tē)n.1. Cheerful willingness; eagerness.2. Speed or quickness; celerity.

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[Latin alacritās, from alacer, lively.]

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a·lac′ri·tous (-təs) adj.

alacrity

(əˈlækrɪtɪ) nliveliness or briskness[C15: from Latin alacritās, from alacer lively] aˈlacritous adj

a•lac•ri•ty

(əˈlæk rɪ ti)

n. 1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: to do a favor with alacrity. 2. liveliness; briskness. [1500–10; < Latin alacritās=alacri(s) lively + -tās -ty²] a•lac′ri•tous, adj.

alacrity

a cheerful readiness, promptitude, or willingness; briskness. — alacritous, adj.See also: Alertness

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

alacrity - liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"briskness, smartnesssprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

alacrity

noun eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness, readiness, speed, zeal, gaiety, alertness, hilarity, cheerfulness, quickness, liveliness, briskness, promptness, avidity, joyousness, sprightliness As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
reluctance, apathy, unwillingness, inertia, lethargy, slowness, dullness, sluggishness, unconcern

Translations

乐意

alacrity

(əˈlӕkrəti) noun quick and cheerful willingness. He obeyed with alacrity. 樂意 乐意