新GRE詞匯:alacrity

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alacrity
    1) promptness in response : cheerful readiness
    2) cheerful willingness; eagerness; eager and enthusiastic willingness
    3) speed or quickness; celerity.
    4) eager and cheerful readiness
    5) (n.) eager readiness or speed
    6) liveliness
    alacrity <> sluggishness, hesitance, reluctance
    He replied to the invitation with alacrity; he was eager for the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico.
    Synonyms: liveliness, promptness, willingness c
    【考法1】 n. 反應(yīng)迅速,樂意: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
    【例】 accepted the invitation with alacrity 欣喜地接受了邀請
    【近】 amenability, gameness, obligingness, willingness
    【反】 dilatoriness, hesitance and reluctance 拖延,猶豫和不情愿
    The manager was so impressed by the worker’s alacrity; he suggested a promotion.
    On the first day of her new job, the recent college graduate was able to leave early after completing all of her tasks with alacrity.
    alacrity ------ liveliness and eagerness
    alacrity ------ cheerful promptness without reluctance
    alacrity ----- eager and enthusiastic willingness
    alacrity ------cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
    alacrity ------ cheerful promptness; eagerness
    Alacrity ---- (n) Promptness, cheerful readiness.
    alacrity a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
    Alacrity ----- N. eager & enthusiastic willingness
    alacrity ----- liveliness; willingness; eagerness
    Alacrity ----- speed or quickness
    Alacrity ----- speed or quickness
    *Alacrity - Eager to say "at last in the city!"
    alacrity (n) ---- at last in the city, I will do ANYTHING!! Eager and enthusiastic willingness.
    alacrity ------Someone with alacrity shows cheerful willingness and eager behavior, like a kid whose mother has told him he can buy anything in a candy store. While the noun alacrity normally refers to someone’s peppy behavior, it can also describe a certain mood or tempo of a musical composition, indicating how the music should be played. Alacrity comes from the Latin alacritas, and the Italian musical term allegro is a near relation.
    noun - Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
    noun - Speed or quickness; celerity.
    synonym - haste, enthusiasm, celerity, avidity, willingness, sprightliness, swiftness, promptness