单词 | keen |
释义 | keen¹ 1.<英>(wanting something, eager)+ person急切的;渴望的;渴求的 I'm not very keen, to be honest.说实话, 我并不十分急迫。 to seem keen显得迫不及待 He doesn't seem very keen.他看起来并不那么迫不及待。 to be keen on sth热衷于某事 Both companies were keen on a merger.两家公司都热切期望合并。 to be keen on doing sth迫切希望做某事 She was keen on having a family.她渴望着有个家。 not to be keen on doing sth不太希望做某事 You're not keen on going, are you?你不太想去, 是吗? to be not very keen on doing sth对做某事不太感兴趣 I'm not very keen on keeping a car for more than a year.我对要养车一年多并不很感兴趣。 to be keen to do sth渴望做某事 Her solicitor was keen to talk to her.她的律师很想和她谈一谈。 to be keen for sb to do sth迫切希望某人做某事 I am not keen for him to have a bicycle.我并不十分希望他有辆自行车。 to be keen that …热切希望 I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia.我热切希望欧盟会尽可能开放与俄罗斯的贸易。 2.+ gardener, photographer, golfer, cook热衷于…的;喜欢…的 Curt is a keen golfer.柯特爱打高尔夫球。 to be keen on sth喜欢某事;对某事着迷 I'm keen on maths.我喜欢数学。 Boys are just as keen on cooking as girls are.男孩子和女孩子一样对做饭感兴趣。 3.<英>(interested, enthusiastic)+ student, supporter热诚的;热心的 a very able, keen, and hard-working officer有才能、热心肠又勤奋的官员 She's a keen student.她是个好学的学生。 4.(intense, strong)+ interest, desire, competition激烈的;强烈的;浓烈的 Competition for the first prize was keen.一等奖的角逐十分激烈。 to take a keen interest in sth对某事很感兴趣 He took a keen interest in politics.他对政治有着浓厚的兴趣。 5.<英>+ advocate, supporter积极的;热情的 He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.他是“停车再换乘”计划的积极倡导者。 6.(intellectually acute)+ intelligence, mind, sense of humour敏锐的;敏捷的;精明的 He was a man of keen intelligence.他是个才思敏捷的人。 I can see you have a keen sense of humour.我能看出你极具幽默感。 7.(fine-tuned)+ sense of smell, sight, or hearing灵敏的;敏锐的 people with very keen powers of observation观察力极敏锐的人 Desmond had a keen sense of smell.德斯蒙德嗅觉灵敏。 8.<英>(very low)+ price(价格)低廉的, 有竞争力的 The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.该公司通过讨价还价从供货商那里拿到了很低的价格。 9.<文>(very cold)+ wind凛冽的;寒冷刺骨的 There was a keen wind blowing in off the sea.一股凛冽的海风吹了进来。 10.<文>(very sharp)+ edge, blade锋利的;锐利的 11.<美,加拿大,非正式>(very good)极好的 12.to be keen on sb<英,非正式>(be attracted to)被某人所吸引;喜欢某人 Mick has always been very keen on Carla.米克一直非常喜欢卡拉。 13.to have a keen eye for sth对…有敏锐的眼光 Pisceans almost always seem to have a keen eye for beauty.双鱼座的人似乎总是对美具有敏锐的鉴赏力。 to have a keen eye for detail对细节有敏锐的观察力 Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished.苏珊对细节观察入微, 因此每条裙子都修饰得很美。 14.mad keen<英,非正式>满腔热情的;热心的;热烈的;极感兴趣的 a mad keen golfer高尔夫球发烧友 to be mad keen on sth对…极感兴趣 So you're not mad keen on science then?那么你对科学并不是太感兴趣了? to be mad keen to do sth极其渴望做某事 She was mad keen to go.她想去都想疯了。 keen²🄰 vi. <文>1.(cry, wail)恸哭;哀号 He tossed back his head and keened.他仰头恸哭。 2.(grieve for)唱挽歌;诵悼诗 veiled ladies sitting on the ground keening头戴面纱的女子坐在地上唱着挽歌 to keen for sb为某人唱挽歌(或诵悼诗) She'll know how to keen for the dead.她将会知道该如何哀悼逝者。 3.(howl)wind +发出哀号声;吼叫 All was quiet, except for the wind keening round corners and moaning down the chimneys.一切都静悄悄的, 只有风哀号着扫过街角, 呼啸着钻进烟囱。 🄱 vt. (say)恸哭着说;哀号着说 'What are you talking about?' she keened in a high voice.“你在说什么?”她尖声哀号着说。 keen³<文>哀歌;挽歌 |
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