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

• He turns you adrift on the world with surprising alacrity.
  他以令人惊奇的喜爱任你在世上漂泊。
• Besides my alacrity is bright, what matters all see have to open very much, will not record to hate.
  另外我活泼开朗，什麽事都看得很开，不会记恨。
• I was instructed to make contact with maximum alacrity.
  我被命令越快和你们取得联系越好。
• 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。
• If men were all virtuous, I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly.
  假如人都是善良的，我一定积极傅授每一个人飞行的方法。
• Yes, he had no engagement at all for to-morrow; and her invitation was accepted with alacrity.
  能来，他明天没有约会；于是他爽爽快快地接受了她的邀请。
• 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。
• 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。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。
• Accompanied by brisk and lively music, she moves forward and backward with alacrity.
  在轻快的音乐伴奏下，她前后走动，步态轻盈。