新东方网络课堂:新GRE词汇复习资料11 1) promptness in response : cheerful readiness 2) cheerful willingness; eagerness; eager and enthusiastic willingness 3) speed or quickness; celerity. 4) eager and cheerful readiness 5) (n.) eager readiness or speed 6) liveliness alacrity <> sluggishness, hesitance, reluctance He replied to the invitation with alacrity; he was eager for the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico. Synonyms: liveliness, promptness, willingness c 【考法1】 n. 反应迅速,乐意: promptness in response : cheerful readiness 【例】 accepted the invitation with alacrity 欣喜地接受了邀请 【近】 amenability, gameness, obligingness, willingness 【反】 dilatoriness, hesitance and reluctance 拖延,犹豫和不情愿 The manager was so impressed by the worker's alacrity; he suggested a promotion. On the first day of her new job, the recent college graduate was able to leave early after completing all of her tasks with alacrity. alacrity ------ liveliness and eagerness alacrity ------ cheerful promptness without reluctance alacrity ----- eager and enthusiastic willingness alacrity ------cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed alacrity ------ cheerful promptness; eagerness Alacrity ---- (n) Promptness, cheerful readiness. alacrity a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action Alacrity ----- N. eager & enthusiastic willingness alacrity ----- liveliness; willingness; eagerness Alacrity ----- speed or quickness Alacrity ----- speed or quickness *Alacrity - Eager to say "at last in the city!" alacrity (n) ---- at last in the city, I will do ANYTHING!! Eager and enthusiastic willingness. alacrity ------Someone with alacrity shows cheerful willingness and eager behavior, like a kid whose mother has told him he can buy anything in a candy store. While the noun alacrity normally refers to someone's peppy behavior, it can also describe a certain mood or tempo of a musical composition, indicating how the music should be played. Alacrity comes from the Latin alacritas, and the Italian musical term allegro is a near relation. noun - Cheerful willingness; eagerness. noun - Speed or quickness; celerity. synonym - haste, enthusiasm, celerity, avidity, willingness, sprightliness, swiftness, promptness, quickness, briskness |
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