alacrity

英 [əˈlækrəti]

美 [əˈlækrəti]

n.  欣然同意; 十分乐意

GRE

BNC.19836 / COCA.27693

牛津词典

noun

• 欣然同意；十分乐意
  great willingness or enthusiasm
  1. They accepted the offer with alacrity.
     他们欣然接受了建议。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 欣然；痛快
  If you do somethingwith alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
  1. As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
     你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。

英英释义

noun

• liveliness and eagerness
  1. he accepted with alacrity
  2. the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
  Synonym:brisknesssmartness

双语例句

• I was instructed to make contact with maximum alacrity.
  我被命令越快和你们取得联系越好。
• When the plan of going abroad was proposed to arthur, it was received by that gentleman with the greatest alacrity and enthusiasm.
  出国计划向亚瑟一提出，立刻得到了那位先生的欢迎，他非常乐意，欢欣鼓舞。
• As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
  你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。
• The cost of two wars has been paid, not only without a murmur, but with unequaled alacrity.
  两场战争的费用已经支付，非但没有一点怨言，而且还争先恐后。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
• Immediately he had finished tea he rose with alacrity to go out.
  一吃完茶点，他就匆忙起身外出。
• Cairncross accepted our offer with alacrity.
  凯恩克罗斯欣然地接受了我们的建议。
• Ambition is like choler, which isa humor that makes men active, earnest, full of alacrity, if it be not stopped.
  野心就如胆汁，假如不受到阻止的话，会是一种让人积极、热心、敏捷、好动的体液。
• I gave up the book to my sister with reluctance in my face, but alacrity in my heart.
  我把书让给妹妹，脸上显示出不情愿，可心里却美滋滋的。
• She accepted the money with alacrity.
  她欣然接受了这笔钱。