keenness

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n.  尖锐（性，程度），锋利，锐敏度

BNC.33867 / COCA.36878

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 渴望的；热切的；热衷的
  If you arekeen ondoing something, you very much want to do it. If you arekeen thatsomething should happen, you very much want it to happen.
  1. You're not keen on going, are you?...
     你不太想去，是吗？
  2. Both companies were keen on a merger...
     两家公司都很想合并。
  3. I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia...
     我热切地希望欧盟尽可能开放与俄罗斯的贸易。
  4. She's still keen to keep in touch...
     她仍旧很愿意保持联系。
  5. I am not keen for her to have a bicycle.
     我不太放心她有辆自行车。
• ADJ-GRADED （对…）喜爱的，满怀热情的
  If you arekeen onsomething, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. I got quite keen on the idea...
     我对这个想法燃起了极大的热情。
  2. I wasn't too keen on physics and chemistry.
     我对物理和化学不是太感喜爱。
• ADJ-GRADED (对某一活动)热情的，热心的
  You usekeento indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it.
  1. She was a keen amateur photographer.
     她是业余摄影爱好者。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)生性热情的，兴趣广博的
  If you describe someone askeen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do.
  1. He's a very keen student and works very hard...
     他是个很好学的学生，学习非常努力。
  2. You're all very keen.
     你们都很热心。
• ADJ-GRADED （兴趣或感情）浓厚的，强烈的
  Akeeninterest or emotion is one that is very intense.
  1. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
     他对那项工作的进展一直很关心。
  2. ...his keen sense of loyalty.
     他强烈的忠诚感
• ADJ-GRADED （支持）热情的，积极的
  If you are akeensupporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically.
  1. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life...
     他一生都是工党的热情拥护者。
  2. He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
     他是“停车再换乘”计划的热情拥护者。
• ADJ-GRADED 思维敏捷的；机灵的；机智的
  If you say that someone has akeenmind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them.
  1. They described him as a man of keen intellect...
     他们把他描述成一个才思敏捷的人。
  2. Mr Walsh has a keen appreciation of the priorities of the electorate...
     沃尔什先生深刻理解选民最为关注的事项。
  3. I can see you have a keen sense of humour.
     我能看出你极具幽默感。
• ADJ-GRADED （目光或听觉）灵敏的，敏锐的
  If you have akeeneye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect.
  1. ...an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail...
     对细节非常敏感的业余画家
  2. Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
     布兰德敏锐的耳朵听出了口音。
• ADJ-GRADED （对某人）倾心的,迷恋的
  If you arekeen onsomeone, you find them sexually attractive and want to get to know them better.
  1. Mick has always been very keen on Carla.
     米克一直迷恋卡拉。
• ADJ-GRADED （战斗或竞争）激烈的，紧张的
  Akeenfight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win.
  1. There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections.
     预计地方选举的竞争会非常激烈。
• ADJ-GRADED （价格）低廉的，有竞争力的
  Keenprices are low and competitive.
  1. 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。
• VERB （为死者）恸哭，哀号
  If someonekeens, they cry out or make sounds to express their sorrow at someone's death.
  1. He tossed back his head and keened...
     他仰天恸哭起来。
  2. Someone was making a low, keening noise.
     有人正在低声哀泣。
• PHRASE 对…十分热衷；对…非常热情
  If you say that someone ismad keen onsomething, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. So you're not mad keen on science then?...
     那么你对科学并不是太感兴趣了？
  2. She was mad keen to go.
     她非常想去。
  3. ...a mad keen golfer.
     高尔夫发烧友

英英释义

noun

• thinness of edge or fineness of point
  Synonym:sharpness
• a quick and penetrating intelligence
  1. he argued with great acuteness
  2. I admired the keenness of his mind
  Synonym:acutenessacuitysharpness
• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
  Synonym:eagernessavidityavidness

双语例句

• St John approved of my keenness to work, and promised to find me some paid employment.
  圣约翰赞同我对工作的迫切要求，答应帮我找份挣钱的工作。
• Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight. a keen wit, intelligence
  敏锐，聪明判断或洞察力的快速，准确及敏捷
• I appreciate your search for truth and keenness to know and discover and I believe that this is the first step towards a firm faith and strong belief.
  很欣赏你这样探究真理、渴望求知的态度，我相信这是我们坚定信仰的第一步。
• A few weeks 'hard work should damp dawn his keenness. He has just received his fortnight's pay.
  几星期的繁重劳动能抑制他的热情。他刚收到两个星期的酬劳。
• The only thing I could see in him was a certain keenness for action.
  在他身上我所能见到的唯一特点是渴望行动。
• Appetite is the keenness of living; it is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you stillhave an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its multitudinous flavours and juices.
  食欲是对生存的强烈渴望；这一咸官告诉你，你对生存仍有好奇心，你和欲望和期待仍很旺盛，依然希望咀嚼这大千世界，品尝它五花八门的风味和甜汁儿。
• A few weeks'hard work should damp down his keenness.
  几星期的艰苦工作减弱了他的热情。
• His keenness to get the job done spilled over into lack of consideration for the workers.
  他急于完成这项任务，从而忽视了对工人的关心。
• In a commercial society, advertisers and salesmen have a keenness for advertisement for it promotes the sale of merchants effectively.
  广告作为现代商业社会促销的一种极为有效的方式受到广告商和销售商的追捧。
• His keenness for sport soon yielded place to an interest in music.
  他对体育运动的爱好很快地被音乐的兴趣所取代了。