fain

英 [feɪn]

美 [feɪn]

adv.  欣然; 乐意地

BNC.49172 / COCA.31712

牛津词典

adv.

• 欣然；乐意地
  willingly or with pleasure
  1. I would fain do as you ask.
     听候你的吩咐。

英英释义

adj

• having made preparations
  1. prepared to take risks
  Synonym:disposed(p)inclined(p)prepared

adv

• in a willing manner
  1. this was gladly agreed to
  2. I would fain do it
  Synonym:gladlylief

双语例句

• I have thought of it often, often, when watching with pitiful eyes those who were struggling with sorrow, suffering, and distress; and I would fain cut short the discipline and give deliverance.
  我把这事想了又想。许多时侯我们看见人们在忧愁，困苦，艰难中挣扎，我们觉得很是可怜；我们常愿意把神的法则变更，给他们属人的帮助。
• O, thou rock of defense, thou refuge of love, fain to thy rest would I flee; help me to know that sweet peace that comes, only by dwelling in thee.
  喔！祢护卫之盘石，爱之避难地，我愿欣然逃入祢安息，助我认识那甜蜜的平安，其惟有居于祢内方来临。
• God gave for baptism, I am fain to drink.
  洗礼的恩典，我畅饮着圣水甘泉，它是。
• Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilisation were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.
  如果我们所认领的文明基于可憎的战争的荣耀，那么我们就继续当我们的野蛮人吧。
• However, I would fain write to you now by broad daylight, and report to you some of my life, such as it is, and recall you to your life, which is not always lived by you, even by daylight.
  不管怎样，大白天给你写信我很高兴，向你报告一些生命的消息。这样做的目的也是为了唤醒你的生命，那并不是时时醒着，甚至是在大白天。
• But, to all these shadowy beings, so long our near acquaintances, as well Roger Chillingworth as his companions, we would fain be merciful.
  然而，对于所有这些阴影式的人物，只要是我们的熟人不管是罗杰齐灵渥斯，抑或是他的伙伴，我们还不得不显示点仁慈。
• For I'm weary wi'hunting, and fain wald lie down.
  我打猎太累了，只想舒服地躺躺。
• I would fain know by whom an American is represented here.
  我很想知道谁在这里代表亚美利加人？
• And I fain would have you remember me as a beginning.
  我愿你们将我记做是一个起点。
• Can I remain friendly to those who thus maimed me and would fain have taken my life also?
  他们这样残害我，恨不得要我的命，我还能和他们友好吗？