| 词汇 | alacrity |
| 释义 | alacrity noun[ U ] formaluk /əˈlæk.rə.ti/ us /əˈlæk.rə.t̬i/ speed and eagerness: 敏捷;欣然 She accepted the money with alacrity.她欣然收下了钱。 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 promptness quickie rattle something off rattle through something rush into something snap stroke tear You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm alacrity | American Dictionaryalacrity noun[ U ] us/əˈlæk·rɪ·t̬i/ speed and interest: He invited us all to visit, and we agreed with alacrity. Examples of alacrityalacrity Immediately after this television programme the riot spread with alarming alacrity. It helped to have a robust constitution, and to accept intense, unpredictable work demands with alacrity. The alacrity of such systems needs to be that much greater for pharmaceuticals or other technologies, with a strong marketing push from manufacturers. If they can, people avoid real life ' tests ' and ' opportunities for growth ' with alacrity. The actors are on stage all the time and collectively create complex scenes, through which their bodies interweave with heart-stopping alacrity and split-second precision. What emerges from such records is the frequent ability of people to talk about political events and issues and the apparent alacrity with which they were prepared to do so. Words like 'alacrity' and 'ruminate' entered the language in just this way, words that nobody would blink at now. Wong's virtuosity partially overcame this difficulty as she was able to enter and portray each one distinctly with alacrity and sensitivity. 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 with alacrity. Now we must go beyond congratulations and act with alacrity and vision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our ancestors, with that alacrity which to some extent we have inherited, took ten years to consider that report, and they legislated in 1843. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People volunteered with alacrity because it was genuinely feared that war might come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are to be criticised for having abandoned with such alacrity pre-election promises about a rail-only link. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our proposal will be accepted with alacrity in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 reasonable alacrity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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