| 单词 | eager |
| 释义 | eager (once / 63 pages) 1adj 2n With eager, think "ready," "excited," "can't wait." An eager beaver is someone who, like the hard working beaver, is up at dawn and ready to get to work. Eager derives from old words meaning "sharp, pungent or keen," and eager carries that sense of sharpness still. In fact, being overeager is a criticism; someone overeager is likely to make a mistake because they are moving too quickly or not thinking things through before they act. WORD FAMILYeager: eagerer, eagerest, eagerly, eagerness, overeager, uneager+/eagerness: eagernesses/overeager: overeagerly USAGE EXAMPLESStudents, and one very eager principal, will be waiting. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He’d just told me how much he’d enjoyed working with her, and how eager he was to see her again. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) And between that and other post-election sadness snacks, Duke says he put on five pounds in November that he is eager to lose. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 adj having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy 2eager to learn eager to travel abroad eager for success eager helpers an eager look Syn|Ant agog anxious, dying eagerly desirous hothaving or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm impatient, raring(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness overeagerexcessively eager enthusiastichaving or showing great excitement and interest uneager lacking interest or spirit or animation reluctantnot eager n a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) Syn|Hyper aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore tidal current, tidal flow the water current caused by the tides |
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