英语单词 | eager |
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英美音标 | 英 ['iːɡə(r)] 美 ['iːɡər] |
中文释义 | adj.热切的;渴望的 |
英语例句 | (1) He is eager for you to meet his friends. (2) Eager fans mobbed the popular singer. (3) The boys listened to my story with eager attention. (4) He was eager to see her. (5) The company is eager to expand into new markets. |
中文例句 | (1) 他热切希望你见见他的朋友。 (2) 热切的歌迷们团团围住住这位流行歌手 (3) 男孩们以热切的心情非常注意地倾听我的故事。 (4) 他渴望见到她。 (5) 那家公司急欲开辟新的市场。 |
vocabulary简明 | With eager, think "ready," "excited," "can't wait." An eager beaver is someone who, like the hard working beaver, is up at dawn and ready to get to work. |
vocabulary扩展 | Eager derives from old words meaning "sharp, pungent or keen," and eager carries that sense of sharpness still. In fact, being overeager is a criticism; someone overeager is likely to make a mistake because they are moving too quickly or not thinking things through before they act. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]热切的;渴望的 If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much. [usu v-link ADJ]
eagerness
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](看起来或听上去)急切的,期盼的 If you look or sound eager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen.
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