| 单词 | eagerness |
| 释义 | eagerness (once / 446 pages) n Eagerness is a characteristic of being excited and prepared to do something. Shooting your hand in the air and shouting, "Me! Me!" when your teacher asks for a volunteer is a good way to show your eagerness. A basketball team displays its eagerness by running onto the court at the start of the game, and a puppy's eagerness to lick your face and nibble your fingers is either the cutest thing about it, or one of the many reasons you don't like puppies. Eagerness and eager are both positive words, but in the thirteenth century eager meant "fierce or angry," and it shares a Latin root with the sour word acrid, or "bitter." WORD FAMILYeagerness: eagernesses+/eager: eagerer, eagerest, eagerly, eagerness, overeager, uneager/overeager: overeagerly USAGE EXAMPLESChina’s eagerness to act, analysts say, also reflected a desire by the government to raise its profile on environmental issues. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) But amazingly, I was able to bury this realization beneath my embarrassment and eagerness to get on with the next phase of my life. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) Beyond signaling toughness and an eagerness to fight, it accomplished little. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something Syn|Hypo|Hyper avidity, avidness, keenness ardor, ardour, elan, zeal a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) enthusiasm a feeling of excitement 2n prompt willingness they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel Syn|Hyper forwardness, readiness, zeal willingness cheerful compliance |
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