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

• 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。
• She accepted the money with alacrity.
  她欣然接受了这笔钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am always amazed at the alacrity with which they report their numbers.
  我总是惊讶于他们报告数据时的迅速。
• He accepted with alacrity.
  他赶忙接了过去。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
• Ambition is like choler, which isa humor that makes men active, earnest, full of alacrity, if it be not stopped.
  野心就如胆汁，假如不受到阻止的话，会是一种让人积极、热心、敏捷、好动的体液。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。
• 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。