| 单词 | keen |
| 释义 | keen adjective (especially bre) eager/enthusiastic急切；热心verbs | adverb | preposition | phrases verbs➤appear, be, look, seem, sound显得热心；热心；看上去热心；好像热心；听起来热心▸➤remain依然热心adverb➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.极其／相当／非常热心◆she's a very keen gardener.她非常热爱园艺。➤desperately, especially, more than, particularly, terribly特别热心；狂热◆he's particularly keen on football.他特别喜爱足球。➤not at all, not exactly, not overly, not too一点儿也不／并非真的／没有过度／不太热心◆the banks were not at all keen to lend to somebody who actually seemed to need money.银行一点儿也不热心于把钱贷给那些看上去真正需要钱的人。➤equally同样热心◆she is extremely keen to remain with the police and we are equally keen to retain her.她特别想留在警察部门，而我们也同样想要留住她。➤always总是热心◆she was always keen to hear the local gossip.她总是热衷于打听当地的街谈巷议。➤obviously明显热心▸➤naturally, understandably自然地／合情理地热心◆she was naturally keen to make a good impression.她自然很想给人留个好印象。preposition➤for渴望◆they were desperately keen for information.他们当时迫切需要信息。➤on对⋯着迷◆sally's quite keen on the idea.萨莉对这个主意很感兴趣。phrases➤as keen as mustard (= very keen) (bre, informal) 极为热心；极其渴望 keen /kiːn/ adjective (keener, keenest) (especially bre) if prices are keen, they are kept low to compete with other prices （价格）低廉的，有竞争力的◆we are aiming to provide better quality at keener prices. 我们的目标是提供物美价廉的产品。2.involving people, businesses, etc. competing very hard with each other 激烈的；紧张的◆they are facing keen competition from larger companies. 他们面临来自大公司的激烈竞争。 ▸ keenly adverb◆keenly priced fashions 价格上很有竞争力的时装◆our products are keenly competitive. 我们的产品极具竞争力。☞ keenkeen [not usually before noun] (especially bre, rather informal) wanting to do sth or wanting sth to happen very much渴望；热切；热衷于◆john was very keen to help.约翰很热心想帮忙。◆we are keen that britain should get involved too.我们盼望英国也能参与其中。◆i wasn't too keen on going to the party.我不太想去参加这个聚会。ⓘ keen can also be used, especially before a noun, to describe sb who is very enthusiastic about an activity or idea. * keen 用于名词前还可以指对某活动或想法非常热衷◆he's a keen sportsman and enjoys football, fishing and rugby.他热衷于运动，喜欢足球、垂钓和橄榄球。◆she takes a keen interest in politics.她对政治很感兴趣。a person who is enthusiastic about an activity might be a keen collector/fisherman/footballer/gardener/golfer/photographer/sailor/sportsman/swimmer/traveller. a person who is enthusiastic about an idea has a keen interest in sth, or is a keen supporter of sth. keen is not used much in american english, except in the phrase keen interest; instead it is more usual to say eager to help or avid sportsman/collector/photographer, etc. 表示热衷于某种活动的人可用 keen 加名词的结构：a keen collector/fisherman/footballer/gardener/golfer/photographer/sailor/sportsman/swimmer/traveller （热衷于收藏／垂钓／足球／园艺／高尔夫球运动／摄影／航海／运动／游泳／旅游的人）。对某种想法表现出热心可以说 have a keen interest in sth （对⋯非常感兴趣）或 be a keen supporter of sth （对⋯全力支持）。keen 在美式英语中不常用，仅用于短语 keen interest 中。表达“热衷于⋯”时通常说 eager to help （乐于帮忙）或 avid sportsman/collector/photographer （热衷于运动／收藏／摄影的人）等。 ➡ see also be keen on sth → like verb keen/ki:n ||; kin/adj1. keen (to do sth/that...) very interested in sth; wanting to do sth 热心的: ◇they are both keen gardeners. 他们两人都很热衷于园艺。◇i failed the first time but i'm keen to try again. 我头一次失败了，可是我很想再试一次。◇she was keen that we should all be there. 她很希望我们都去那里。 2. (used about one of the senses, a feeling, etc) good or strong （指官能、感觉等）敏锐的，灵敏的: ◇foxes have a keen sense of smell. 狐狸的嗅觉很灵敏。 keen on sb/sth very interested in or having a strong desire for sb/sth 很喜爱；热衷于: ◇he's very keen on jazz. 他很喜欢爵士乐。 ➔keenly adv ➔keenness noun [u] keensee ⇨ enjoy 4 ⇨ enthusiastic/unenthusiastic 1 • • •• ⇨ be keen on• ⇨ not be very keen on sth/not be very fond of sth keen /kin; kiːn/adj 1. wanting to do something very much 急切的，渴望的:◇us companies are keen to enter the chinese market. 美国公司急切地想进入中国市场。 2. especially bre if you are keen on someone or something, you like them very much or are very interested in them 【尤英】 喜爱的，热衷的，着迷的:◇a keen golfer 热衷打高尔夫球的人◇+ on i'm not very keen on their music. 我对他们的音乐不怎么喜欢。 3. a keen sense of sth when someone is very good at doing something, or feels something very strongly 极擅长某事，对某事极敏锐:◇he has a keen sense of humour. 他有很强的幽默感。 ☞ keen |
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