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n.
敏捷
活泼
欣然
乐意
a·lac·ri·ty
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词根:alacrity
adj.alacritous 快活的;活泼的,敏捷的
noun
willing promptness.He responded to her request for volunteers with alacrity.
speed or liveliness.She performed her gymnastic routine with such alacrity that it seemed to end before it began.
"活力,轻快感",15世纪中叶,源自拉丁语 alacritatem(主格 alacritas)"活力,热情,渴望",源自 alacer(属格 alacris)"愉快的,轻快的,活泼的"; 这是一个起源不确定的词。也许与哥特语 aljan "热情",古英语 ellen "勇气,热情,力量",古高地德语 ellian 有关。但德·范(de Vaan)认为其根本意义是"漫游,漫步",并认为可能与 ambulare 有关。
Latin alacritas, from alacr-, alacer lively, eager
The first known use of alacrity was in the 15th century
alacritynoun
a cheerful readiness to do something
accepted with alacrity
1 They displayed an alacrity of mind and arrived like armored tanks.
2 No one else swapped outfits with quite the same alacrity, but she wasn’t the only one who brought some subversive attitude and private storytelling to the party.
3 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.
4 And it's no surprise that OSF veteran David Kelly, with all that Shakespeare versifying in his tool kit, can rip through the presto patter tune "The Modern Major-General's Song" with such alacrity.
5 The artworks in Gallery 4 range across time and geography but resonate among themselves with amazing alacrity.
6 The choreography epitomizes the alacrity and musicality of the Balanchine style; nobody today plays with her music here as does Ms. Peck.
7 Strikingly, Grover did not fidget at all; what was more, he participated in the conversation with as much alacrity as he had formerly shut it out.
8 With alacrity he returned to the measured voice of Eddie Murphy, unflappable superstar, recognizing that what is a portrait of a place and time for him means something altogether different to everyone else.
9 The alacrity of the film, though, proves a small but potent liability when a personal tragedy in Mr. Mankoff’s life comes up and is practically shuffled off screen.
10 It was a responsive and polished orchestra that awaited Schwarz's downbeat and played for him with both alacrity and finesse.
11 The passengers granted the request with alacrity, and straightaway disappeared on the platform.
旅客们听了这话吓了一跳,但是他们很乐意帮这两位先生的忙, 于是都走出车厢,站到车桥上去了.
12 The knight scrambled up, edging away with such alacrity that some of the watchers laughed aloud.
13 He carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity.
他边切边吃,又兴致勃勃地赞不绝口。
14 Mr. Rushworth stepped forward with alacrity to tell him the agreeable news.
罗什渥兹先生兴高采烈地向前来告诉他这个好消息.
15 As she ran off to play, I was relieved, and grateful for the alacrity with which children laugh at their elders.
16 He accepted my invitation with alacrity.
他欣然接受我的邀请。
17 “We’ve always been able to move with more alacrity,” he said.
18 To Rainer’s surprise, his previously rumpled, disaffected students — the familiar mix of jocks, nerds and glee clubbers — respond to his “unity is power” message with indecent alacrity.
19 Thundercat also skittered around the bass strings with considerably alacrity and invention.
20 Over a sinuous, unsteady beat, he raps with alacrity and, one presumes, eyes bugged:
1 爽快
refreshment ready delicious cheerful balmy blithe readily like a bird soft crisp lively exhilarating racily amenity titillation refresh titillate
2 欣然同意
3 轻快
vivo volante light quick round smart sharp agile lively spicy vivid volatile airy upbeat bubbly brisk springy vivacious PERT sprightly tripping rakish spritely lithesome vivace leggiero easily lissom swinging agility vivacity trip
4 敏捷
ready quick alert prompt subtle swift apt witty nimble brisk deft limber facile frisky nippy light-footed lightsome volant lively faculty velocity expedition agility aptitude haste celerity promptitude hustle vivify fleet fast smart SALT sharp rapid keen agile snappy zippy dexterous fleet-footed address dispatch dexterity expeditious spry neat-handed yauld active fly handy speedy quiver apprehensive shrewd pert lithe natty adroit sharp-witted rath snell yare kittle lissom rathe sharp-sighted sharply handily cattily veloce sciolto mercuriality readiness sharpness lightness punctuality proclivity rapidity handiness quick witted
6 乐意
gladly readiness with a will in a hurry happy willing prepared readily cheerfully obligingly willingness ready glad cheerful contented lief fain content incline like a shot
7 机敏
yauld tight alert cute tricky clever salty astute shrewd mercurial incisive heads-up PERT tactful dexterous adroit darting sharp-witted spirituel yare steel-trap ready-witted cleverly mercuriality touch agility tact smartness alive
8 活泼
high live round active living fresh warm smart alert fleet aggressive gay nervous crisp animated agile lively vivid playful volatile animate upbeat nimble spirited brisk swinging breezy roaring snappy sassy bouncing cheery buoyant mercurial jazzy kinky racy chipper perky vivacious spanking trig pert frisky sportive sprightly buxom spry high-spirited chirpy coltish smacking peart lightsome vivace exhilarant alive allegro spark animation jazz bounce cheer chic agility refreshment vivacity activate enliven liven vivify spiritualize exhilarate smarten on the stick young in heart racy of soil bright and breezy chirpy as a cricket