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

• "I willingly obey the orders of my Chief," said The Vengeance with alacrity, and kissing her cheek.
  我衷心接受上级的命令，复仇女神敏捷作答，而且亲了亲她的面颊。
• 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。
• He accepted her offer with alacrity.
  他欣然接受了她的建议。
• The cost of two wars has been paid, not only without a murmur, but with unequaled alacrity.
  两场战争的费用已经支付，非但没有一点怨言，而且还争先恐后。
• 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。
• Immediately he had finished tea he rose with alacrity to go out.
  一吃完茶点，他就匆忙起身外出。
• As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
  你可以想象得到，我欣然接受了。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。
• They fell on the sandwiches with alacrity.
  他们快活地扑向三明治。