eager

adj.热切的; 渴望的; 渴求的

牛津词典

adj.

热切的；渴望的；渴求的very interested and excited by sth that is going to happen or about sth that you want to do

eager crowds outside the stadium体育场外急不可耐的观众

She is eager for (= wants very much to get) her parents' approval.她渴望得到父母的赞许。

Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn.班上每个人似乎都热爱学习。

They're eager to please (= wanting to be helpful) .他们竭力讨好卖乖。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 热切的;渴望的If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much.Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army...罗伯特很想谈谈陆军生活。

When my own son was five years old, I became eager for another baby...我家儿子5岁的时候，我特别想再要一个孩子。

The low prices still pull in crowds of eager buyers.低廉的价格仍然吸引了大批热切的买家。

ADJ-GRADED （看起来或听上去）急切的，期盼的If you look or sound eager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen.Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him...阿蒂对他身边那些期盼的面孔嗤之以鼻。

Her voice was girlish and eager.她的声音像个小姑娘似的，而且带着一股急不可耐。

双语例句

He sounded abject and eager to please 他低声下气，急于讨好别人。

Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer 黑格非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。

He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth. 他嗜财如命。

He was as eager as his Captain to beat the record. 他和队长一样渴望打破这项纪录。

She came on every ride herself, the better to instruct her eager pupils. 每一个骑乘项目她都要亲自试一试，以便更好地指导她那些跃跃欲试的小学生。

Politicians are eager to promote their 'happy family' image to curry favour with voters. 政客们极力宣传他们的“幸福家庭”形象以讨好选民。

Neither Baker nor Levy seemed eager to disturb the cordial atmosphere by discussing more sensitive issues 贝克和利维似乎都不愿谈及更为敏感的话题而破坏了友好的氛围。

Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army 罗伯特很想谈谈陆军生活。

Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him 阿蒂对他身边那些期盼的面孔嗤之以鼻。

Her voice was girlish and eager. 她的声音像个小姑娘似的，而且带着一股急不可耐。

They are eager to confront their guests with full frontal interrogations about their marriages. 他们急于当面直接质问客人的婚姻情况。

He was eager to get into politics. 他渴望进入政界。

You're so eager to stay in the good graces of the King that nothing else matters to you. 你如此急于博得国王的欢心，以致其他事情都不管不顾了。

Eager to hook into a career but can't find one right for you? 急于干一番事业，但又找不到适合自己的？

But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure. 但朱尔斯对坐在课堂里学习并不热心，他渴望冒险。

Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience 凯特急于长大，渴望获取知识和经验。

They just haven't been to school before. They're so eager to learn, they lap it up. 他们之前从未上过学。他们求学若渴。

She sounded less and less eager to return to Ireland 听她话音，她回爱尔兰的热情似乎日渐消退。

The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world. 那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。

He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted 他听起来既可怜兮兮的，又对想要的东西充满渴望。

The other banks are going to be very eager to help, provided that they see that he has a specific plan 如果看到他有具体的计划，其他银行会很愿意提供帮助。

Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress. 里克有些好奉承，急着要给人留下好印象。

He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts 他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色，那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。

Parliamentarians were eager to turn over responsibility for the decision. 经验老到的议员急于把作决策的责任推卸给他人。

They are eager to buy their government bonds. 他们热心购买政府债券。

Uneasy but eager, the whole family waited for the eggs to hatch. 全家都是惴惴不安地又很兴奋地等候“收蚕”。

The young people are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. 青年人最肯学习，最少保守思想。

Young people are most eager to learn. 青年人最肯学习。

I am eager for news about them. 我渴望得到他们的消息。

同义词辨析

eageragoganxiousimpatientkeen 【导航词义：热切的，渴望的】

eager adj. 热切的，渴望的

〔辨析〕指对即将发生的事情或想要做的事情感到热切和兴奋的，含有迫不及待之意，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。

〔例证〕All the students in her class are eager to learn.她班上的学生都渴望学习。She is eager for success.她渴望取胜。Our company is eager to expand into new markets.我们公司急欲开辟新的市场。

agog adj. 急切的，兴奋期待的

〔辨析〕指非常激动或迫不及待地想要进一步了解某事的，只作表语。

〔例证〕We waited agog for the next part of his story.我们急切地等他讲下一段故事。They are all agog to know the news about the World Cup.他们都渴望获知有关世界杯足球赛的消息。

anxious adj. 急切的，渴望的

〔辨析〕指非常急切地想做某事或渴望某事发生的。

〔例证〕He is anxious to improve his working conditions.他急于改善自己的工作条件。The management is anxious to avoid another strike.管理层亟欲避免另一场罢工。

impatient adj. 迫不及待的，切盼的

〔辨析〕指迫切渴望某事发生而不想等待的，只作表语。

〔例证〕These soldiers are impatient to leave Iraq.这些士兵迫不及待地想要离开伊拉克。She is impatient for her husband to come back.她盼着丈夫快点回来。

keen adj. 〈尤英〉渴望的，热切的

〔辨析〕指因兴趣或欲望强烈而急于做某事或渴望某事发生的，通常后接介词 on 或动词不定式。

〔例证〕She was keen on going to the picnic.她很想参加这次野餐。They were keen on going to Europe in the spring.他们热切盼望春天去欧洲。She is keen to pass the exams.她迫切想要通过考试。

英英释义

noun

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Synonym:tidal boreboreeagreaegir

adj

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

eager to learn

eager to travel abroad

eager for success

eager helpers

an eager look