alacrity

alacrity

英 [ə'lækrɪtɪ]
　　美 [ə'lækrəti]

n. 敏捷；輕快；樂意

中文詞源：

alacrity 欣然同意

來自拉丁語alacer, 渴望，歡快，詞源同allegro, 快板。

例句：

1. They fell on the sandwiches with alacrity.
他們快活地撲向三明治。

2. As you can imagine, I accepted with alacrity.
你可以想象得到，我欣然接受瞭。

3. They accepted the offer with alacrity.
他們欣然接受瞭建議。

4. Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity.
他雖然很老, 動作仍很敏捷.

5. She obeyed with alacrity.
她立即欣然服從瞭.