英语单词

eager是什么意思

eager

英['iːgə] |美['igɚ]
    adj.渴望的;热切的,热情洋溢的;热心的;急切
日语:熱心な 法语:désireux 德语:erpicht 韩语:열렬한 俄语:ansioso

牛津词典

adj.

  1. 热切的;渴望的;渴求的
    very interested and excited by sth that is going to happen or about sth that you want to do
    1. eager crowds outside the stadium
      体育场外急不可耐的观众
    2. She is eager for (= wants very much to get) her parents' approval.
      她渴望得到父母的赞许。
    3. Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn.
      班上每个人似乎都热爱学习。
    4. They're eager to please (= wanting to be helpful) .
      他们竭力讨好卖乖。


网络解释

adj. 渴望的;热切的;热心的 n. (Eager)人名;(英)伊格



中文词源

eager 渴望的

来自词根ac, 尖,刺,词源同acid, acumen.



双语例句

  1. He sounded abject and eager to please
    他低声下气,急于讨好别人。
  2. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer
    黑格非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。
  3. He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth.
    他嗜财如命。
  4. He was as eager as his Captain to beat the record.
    他和队长一样渴望打破这项纪录。
  5. She came on every ride herself, the better to instruct her eager pupils.
    每一个骑乘项目她都要亲自试一试,以便更好地指导她那些跃跃欲试的小学生。
  6. Politicians are eager to promote their 'happy family' image to curry favour with voters.
    政客们极力宣传他们的“幸福家庭”形象以讨好选民。
  7. Neither Baker nor Levy seemed eager to disturb the cordial atmosphere by discussing more sensitive issues
    贝克和利维似乎都不愿谈及更为敏感的话题而破坏了友好的氛围。
  8. Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army
    罗伯特很想谈谈陆军生活。
  9. Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him
    阿蒂对他身边那些期盼的面孔嗤之以鼻。
  10. Her voice was girlish and eager.
    她的声音像个小姑娘似的,而且带着一股急不可耐。
  11. They are eager to confront their guests with full frontal interrogations about their marriages.
    他们急于当面直接质问客人的婚姻情况。
  12. He was eager to get into politics.
    他渴望进入政界。
  13. You're so eager to stay in the good graces of the King that nothing else matters to you.
    你如此急于博得国王的欢心,以致其他事情都不管不顾了。
  14. Eager to hook into a career but can't find one right for you?
    急于干一番事业,但又找不到适合自己的?
  15. But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.
    但朱尔斯对坐在课堂里学习并不热心,他渴望冒险。
  16. Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience
    凯特急于长大,渴望获取知识和经验。
  17. They just haven't been to school before. They're so eager to learn, they lap it up.
    他们之前从未上过学。他们求学若渴。
  18. She sounded less and less eager to return to Ireland
    听她话音,她回爱尔兰的热情似乎日渐消退。
  19. The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.
    那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
  20. He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted
    他听起来既可怜兮兮的,又对想要的东西充满渴望。
  21. The other banks are going to be very eager to help, provided that they see that he has a specific plan
    如果看到他有具体的计划,其他银行会很愿意提供帮助。
  22. Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.
    里克有些好奉承,急着要给人留下好印象。
  23. He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts
    他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色,那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。
  24. Parliamentarians were eager to turn over responsibility for the decision.
    经验老到的议员急于把作决策的责任推卸给他人。
  25. They are eager to buy their government bonds.
    他们热心购买政府债券。
  26. Uneasy but eager, the whole family waited for the eggs to hatch.
    全家都是惴惴不安地又很兴奋地等候“收蚕”。
  27. The young people are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking.
    青年人最肯学习,最少保守思想。
  28. Young people are most eager to learn.
    青年人最肯学习。
  29. I am eager for news about them.
    我渴望得到他们的消息。


语源

Middle English (also in the sense sharp to the senses, pungent, sour): from Old French aigrekeen, from Latin acer, acr-sharp, pungent


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