Apedia

Eager Overeager Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Eagerness Sound 英 Iːɡə(R)] 美

英语单词 eager
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]
  • Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army...

    罗伯特很想谈谈陆军生活。

  • When my own son was five years old, I became eager for another baby...

    我家儿子5岁的时候,我特别想再要一个孩子。

  • The low prices still pull in crowds of eager buyers.

    低廉的价格仍然吸引了大批热切的买家。

eagerness
  • ...an eagerness to learn.

    求知心切

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.
  • Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him...

    阿蒂对他身边那些期盼的面孔嗤之以鼻。

  • Her voice was girlish and eager.

    她的声音像个小姑娘似的,而且带着一股急不可耐。

eagerly
  • 'So what do you think will happen?' he asked eagerly.

    “那么你觉得会发生什么?”他急切地问道。

eagerness
  • ...a woman speaking with breathless eagerness.

    说话急切、上气不接下气的女人

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Detailed points report includes detail 英 diːteɪld] 美 diːteɪld

Previous card: Government taxpayer 英 tækspeɪə(r)] 美 tækspeɪər n.纳税人 mayor bolted

Up to card list: 17641 COCA words