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。
• I think now the last remaining moves of the game can be played out with smoothness and alacrity.
  我想我们现在可以顺当而且快速地下完这盘棋的最后几步。
• As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
  你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。
• 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。
• He accepted with alacrity.
  他赶忙接了过去。
• Such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity.
  这样的书我们是无可奈何地而不是轻松愉快地去读的。
• Accepted my offer with alacrity.
  他爽快的接受了我的提议。
• 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。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。