zealous
英語
编辑替代寫法
编辑詞源
编辑來自古希臘語 ζῆλος (zêlos,“熱心、戒備”),來自ζηλόω (zēlóō,“競爭,嫉妒”)。jealous 的同源對似詞。
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编辑形容詞
编辑zealous (比較級 more zealous,最高級 most zealous)
- 熱心的;熱烈的,熱衷的
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- 1896,Andrew Dickson White,A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom,第2004版,頁 122:
- Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.
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- 1940,Foster Rhea Dulles,America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940,頁 61:
- […] and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.
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- 2011 April 4,“Newt Gingrich”, in Time, retrieved 9 Sept 2013:
- Newt Gingrich […] left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.
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同義詞
编辑- (熱心): ardent, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, passionate, zealotic
翻譯詞
编辑- (熱心): apathetic, dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic
衍生詞
编辑衍生自 zealous 的詞