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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The United Nations has acted with alacrity and determination in this crisis.
  联合国在这场危机中的行动迅捷坚定。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。
• I have the dual personality, current and bright side of the alacrity, and then have steady heavy introverted side.
  我具有双重性格，既有开朗活泼的一面，又有稳重内向的一面。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was instructed to make contact with maximum alacrity.
  我被命令越快和你们取得联系越好。