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单词 fain
释义 fain
I. \ˈfān\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English fagen, fayn, from Old English fægen; akin to Old Saxon fagin, fagan glad, happy, Old High German faginōn to rejoice, Old Norse fegiun happy, Gothic faginon to rejoice, Old English fæger beautiful — more at fair
1. archaic : pleased, happy
 < if thou wouldst grant his asking and make his heart full fain — William Morris >
2.
 a. : glad, willing : inclined, desirous
  < men and birds are fain of climbing high — Shakespeare >
  < something which the scientists approached with reluctance and which they were fain to leave to the linguists — C.B.Tinker >
 b. archaic : obliged, constrained, compelled
  < such a clamor that we were fain to comply — Tobias Smollett >
3. Scotland : fond
fain·ly adverb
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English fagen, fayn, from fagen, fayn, adjective
1. : happily, joyfully : with glad preference
 < fain would I woo her — Shakespeare >
2. : by preference or acquiescence in view of the circumstances
 < Macbeth, who, though he would fain repent — H.S.Wilson >
III. interjection
Etymology: by alteration
chiefly Britain : fen III
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