英:[ˈkiːnnəs]
美:[ ˈkiːnnəs]
英:[ˈkiːnnəs]
美:[ ˈkiːnnəs]
词根:keen
adj.keen 敏锐的,敏捷的;渴望的;强烈的;热心的;锐利的
adv.keenly 敏锐地;强烈地;锐利地
n.keen 痛哭,挽歌
adjective
intellectually alert : having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind a keen awareness of the problemalso: shrewdly astute a keen assessment
a keen student
extremely sensitive in perception a keen sense of smell
keen eyes
sharply contested keen debate
keen competition
showing a quick and ardent responsiveness : enthusiastic
a keen swimmer
of emotion or feeling intense
the keen delight in the chase—F. W. Maitland
wonderful, excellent
a keen idea
having a fine edge or point : sharp
a knife with a keen blade
affecting one as if by cutting
keen sarcasm
pungent to the sense
a keen scent
verb
intransitive verb
to make a loud and long cry of sorrow : to lament with a keen
to make a sound suggestive of a loud cry of sorrow
a keening siren
to lament, mourn, or complain loudly
transitive verb
to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry
keened our sorrow—Punch
noun
a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry
"敏锐的状态或品质",1520年代,来自 keen(形容词)+ -ness。
Adjective and Noun Middle English kene brave, sharp, from Old English cēne brave; akin to Old High German kuoni brave Verb Irish caoinim I lament, weep
The first known use of keen was in the 13th century
keen1 of 3adjective
having a sharp edge or point
a keen knife
seeming to cut or sting
a keen wind
full of enthusiasm
keen about baseball
having or showing mental sharpness
a keen mind
very sensitive (as in seeing or hearing)
keen eyesight
very nice : wonderful
gee, that's keen
keen2 of 3verb
to mourn in a loud wailing voice
keen3 of 3noun
a mourning for the dead with loud wails
1 You'd better whip up some keenness if you are to win the game.
你若是想赢得这场比赛,最好提高一些敏捷度.
2 There is something startling to the way Mitchell writes, particularly in this period – there is a keenness and a candour, a cool, crisp clarity to her lyrics.
3 In a trice she can shift registers, though, and her candor and keenness of eye translate surprisingly well to tenderness.
4 Ms. Messmer, wonderful in everything she does, had a searing moment of hawklike keenness as the Friend’s Wife in the same dance.
5 The government, the statement said, “has entered into this settlement out of its keenness to settle all historical terrorism claims” generated by “the defunct regime.”
6 “But there is a real keenness to engage with Australia.”
7 But the producers accentuate the keenness of this loss less than his passionate sentimentalizing of the only part that remains of his favorite bathhouse: the Last Glory Hole, which has somehow gained sentience.
8 Called The Melbourne Response, the scheme was hailed by Cardinal Pell's supporters as evidence of his keenness to address the crisis.
9 This hard work has drained away my keenness.
这种艰苦的工作削弱了我的锐气。
10 Luna focused, the keenness of her eye boring inward, piercing the shine of the pearl.
11 In their keenness to win possession up the pitch, players dived into tackles which allowed Hacken to play into midfield at times, where there was too much room.
12 Those of us who aren’t artists come here for them, too — their energy, ideas, ambition, scrappiness and keenness are what give this city its inimitable character.
13 It is hard not to in part attribute her sobriety and keenness of vision to her marginal status as a woman.
14 His speech fired the people with keenness for the plan.
他的发言引起了人们对这个计划的强烈兴趣。
15 This explains the real Thomas Jefferson's keenness to return to her side.
16 Klay’s warnings against neatly packaged explanations can risk sounding obvious, though the keenness of his observations is unmatched.
17 But Mary wasn't keen on braving the Athens streets alone so Magnus went instead; Mary would do a museum in the morning.
18 The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the Keenness of the sword .
剑鞘甘愿粗钝,它保护着利剑的锋刃。
19 These and hundreds more were collected in the American woods, shipped across the ocean to England and France and Russia, and received with greedy keenness and trembling fingers.
20 Comrade Pillai had begun to watch the goings-on at Paradise Pickles with the keenness of a substitute at a soccer match.
1 热衷
2 强烈
big strong short hot living heavy rich smart wild sharp intense violent keen burning eager stiff lively vivid stark glowing concentrated poignant brisk tangy forceful grievous fervent overpowering hard-hitting shrill swingeing high sharply intensely robustly poignantly torrentially depth violence intensity vehemence deepen intensify great full bad powerful tremendous bitter profound fierce elemental hearty towering flaming raging ferocious blinding cordial racking red-hot consuming vehement all-consuming deep strongly deeply brightly vigorously painfully violently passionately keenly vehemently heartily fervently cordially virulently distractedly sharpness bitterness heaviness vigour fierceness strenuousness
3 热切
willing intense intent eager fond earnest ardent impassioned eagerly passionately earnestly ardently eagerness earnestness
4 热心
great hard forward warm intent keen eager enthusiastic glowing strenuous bubbly ardent studious warm-hearted white-hot zestful cando fire enthusiasm warmth zest zeal eagerness fervor earnestness ardor elan forwardness warmness intentness ardency avidness enthuse be keen on be keen about keep on toes keen on
5 渴望
keen hungry eager avid expectant desirous desire anxiety hunger craving thirst expectancy yen longing yearning will burn crave yearn covet slaver long to do be gasping for long for ache for hanker after hanker for hunger after thirst after aspire to hunger for thirst for
6 锐利
fine sharp cutting keen piercing edgy brisk penetrating searching shrewd incisive trenchant sharp-edged sharply keenly incisively trenchantly edge sharpness acuity edginess trenchancy point sharpen
7 敏感
sensitive alive defensive tender vibrant responsive delicate susceptible reactive irritable sentient impressionable ticklish high-strung switched-on impressible sensibly tenderly sensitively susceptivity supersensitization sensibility tenderness delicacy subtlety excitability sensitiveness impressionability supersensitize sensitize postnasal drip
9 敏锐
acuate acuminous fine quick sharp subtle cutting keen acute exquisite penetrating shrewd penetrative perspicacious acutely keenly perceptively perspicaciously observantly subtlety acuity promptness pungency acuteness perspicacity incisiveness perceptivity sharpen sensitize subtilize keep on toes strong piercing nimble observant well-developed incisive piercingly