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单词 zeal
释义

zeal

noun
/ziːl/
/ziːl/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)
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  1. zeal (for/in something) great energy or enthusiasm connected with something that you feel strongly about
    • her missionary/reforming/religious/political zeal
    Extra Examples
    • He burned with a reforming zeal.
    • She had a true zeal for journalism.
    • She went about the task with the zeal of an enthusiast.
    • a crusading zeal to eradicate drug abuse
    • their zeal in the promotion of education
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • excessive
    • crusading
    verb + zeal
    • burn with
    • have
    • show
    preposition
    • with zeal
    • zeal  for
    • zeal  in
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek zēlos.
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