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单词 alacrity
释义
alacrity
noun[U]
formal
uk
/əˈlæk.rə.ti/us
/əˈlæk.rə.t̬i/
speedandeagerness:
敏捷；欣然
Sheacceptedthemoneywithalacrity.她欣然收下了钱。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hurrying and doing things quickly
  • accelerate
  • acceleration
  • against the clockidiom
  • against time/the clockidiom
  • at/on the doubleidiom
  • dash
  • grab-and-go
  • grease
  • hacky
  • haste
  • hasten
  • prompt
  • promptly
  • promptness
  • quickie
  • rattlesomethingoff
  • rattle throughsomething
  • snap
  • stroke
  • tear
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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
(Definition ofalacrityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

alacrity| American Dictionary

alacrity
noun[U]
us
/əˈlæk·rɪ·t̬i/
speedandinterest:
Heinvitedus all tovisit, and weagreedwith alacrity.
(Definition ofalacrityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalacrity

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Immediately after this television programme the riot spread with alarmingalacrity.
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It helped to have a robust constitution, and to accept intense, unpredictable work demands withalacrity.
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Thealacrityof such systems needs to be that much greater for pharmaceuticals or other technologies, with a strong marketing push from manufacturers.
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If they can, people avoid real life ' tests ' and ' opportunities for growth ' withalacrity.
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The actors are on stage all the time and collectively create complex scenes, through which their bodies interweave with heart-stoppingalacrityand split-second precision.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What emerges from such records is the frequent ability of people to talk about political events and issues and the apparentalacritywith which they were prepared to do so.
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Words like 'alacrity' and 'ruminate' entered the language in just this way, words that nobody would blink at now.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Wong's virtuosity partially overcame this difficulty as she was able to enter and portray each one distinctly withalacrityand sensitivity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In such a climate, perhaps we should not be surprised that scholarship embraced the notion of the 'disembodied' voice and its implication of a disconnected mind withalacrity.
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Now we must go beyond congratulations and act withalacrityand vision.
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Our ancestors, with thatalacritywhich to some extent we have inherited, took ten years to consider that report, and they legislated in 1843.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
People volunteered withalacritybecause it was genuinely feared that war might come.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are to be criticised for having abandoned with suchalacritypre-election promises about a rail-only link.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Our proposal will be accepted withalacrityin the country.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The local authorities which now carry out examinations in relation to that matter are reasonably flexible and can respond to public demand with reasonablealacrity.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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