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。
• 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。
• He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
  他边切边吃，又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
• He accepted with alacrity.
  他赶忙接了过去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She accepted the money with alacrity.
  她欣然接受了这笔钱。
• Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
  他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。