keenness
noun[U]
uk/ˈkiːn.nəs/us/ˈkiːn.nəs/keennessnoun[U](ENTHUSIASM)
thequalityof being veryinterestedandeager, orwantingsomething very much:
Johnapprovedof my keenness towork.
- Ithinkthepoliticalkeenness she had in the '80s has beendulledbytime.
- But Annieshowsno keenness toleave.
- SheremembersKen's keenness forpoetryas aboy.
- With his keenness totella goodstory, heskipsover somepoints.
- It was Danniella's keenness more than anythingelsethatmotivatedherparentsto go along with whattheirdaughterwanted.
Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
- alacrity
- animation
- ardour
- avidity
- boosterism
- commotion
- fever pitch
- flirtation
- frenzy
- friskiness
- frisson
- frolic
- hubbub
- perkiness
- physicality
- piquancy
- pizzazz
- pzazz
- whirl
- zealousness
keennessnoun[U](ABILITY TO SEE/HEAR/THINK)
anabilitytounderstandthingsquickly:
敏锐，精明his keenness ofmind他头脑敏锐
anabilitytosee,notice, orhearthings very well:
She has a keenness ofearandeye.
- Culturalcriticismsinksorswimson the keenness ofitsobservations.
- hisunderstandingof theworldproblems, thedepthof hisquestions, hisgraspof theissuesand the keenness of hismind
- the keenness with which he couldspota word out ofplace
- "Well, then," saidBob, whose keennesssawatoncewhat wasimplied.
- Thecreatureswerenotedfortheirkeenness ofscentandsight.
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- atyourfingertipsidiom
- connection
- figure
- hold
- keepsomeoneup
- know a hawk from a handsawidiom
- know the scoreidiom
- know/see wheresomeoneis coming fromidiom
- latch
- scale
- uncomprehendingly
- understand
- voice recognition
- wake up tosomething
- wisdom
- wise
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Extremely good
keennessnoun[U](STRONG QUALITY)
literary
anextremeorstrongquality:
渴望；热衷；强烈Thereseemedto be anextrakeenness to hishunger.他的饥饿感似乎更加急迫了。
literary
a verystrongandcoldqualityinwind:
（风）寒冷刺骨Thewindroseto anicykeenness.风力变大，越发寒冷刺骨。
- perturbedby the keenness of hisloss
- Thereseemedto be anextrakeenness to hishunger.
- Youthfulpassionisknownfor the keenness ofitsdisappointments.
- Hethoughtshe wasfrivolousand would notfeelthe keenness of thismisfortunelike otherpeople.
Power and intensity
- ascendant
- be (as) solid as a rockidiom
- beef
- brunt
- cast iron
- clout
- depth
- grunt
- high-impact
- intensity
- invincibility
- invulnerability
- juggernaut
- kick-ass
- robustness
- stridency
- sturdiness
- superintensity
- superstrength
- virulence
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Wind & winds
keennessnoun[U](SHARPNESS)
literary
thequalityof being verysharp:
锋利Theyfearedthe keenness of hisblade.他们害怕他刀刃的锋利。
See
keen
Cold
- Baltic
- be (as) cold as iceidiom
- bitter
- bitterly
- bone-chilling
- cold snap
- coldness
- cooling
- crispness
- dank
- frozen
- glacial
- nuclear winter
- post-glacial
- refrigerated
- sharpness
- starving
- stone-cold
- ultracold
- vitrification