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

• 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。
• Archer; and Archer, glad to escape the usual "bridal suite" in a Philadelphia or Baltimore hotel, had accepted with an equal alacrity.
  阿切尔很高兴能避开费城或巴尔的摩旅馆普通的“新婚套房”，所以也爽爽快快地接受了这一安排。
• As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
  你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。
• "I should be most happy," he replied aloud, jumping up with alacrity.
  “我非常乐意，”他霍地跳了起来，大声答道。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
• Accepted my offer with alacrity.
  他爽快的接受了我的提议。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。
• 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。
• 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。
• On a visit to Tokyo this week, on more than one occasion when I asked how Japan should tackle the economic crisis, my interlocutor turned with ninja-like alacrity to the topic of pre-Meiji Japan.
  最近我访问东京期间，在不止一个场合，当我问起日本应如何应对经济危机时，对方就如同忍者般敏捷地转到了明治维新前的日本这个话题上去。