alacrity
/uh-lak-ri-tee/US // əˈlæk rɪ ti //UK // (əˈlækrɪtɪ) //
爽快,敏锐性,敏捷性,敏锐
Related Words
readiness准备好了,准备就绪,准备好,准备eagerness殷切期望,渴望,殷勤,急切盼望willingness愿意,愿意的,愿意接受,愿意接受的quickness快速性,敏捷性,快速,迅速sprightliness灵动性,敏捷性,洒脱,萌动性expedition远征,征战,征程,远征队gaiety欢乐,欢乐的气氛,欢快,欢愉dispatch派遣,派出所,派遣人员,调遣zeal热心,热诚,热忱,热情hilarity欢呼声,欢闹,欢笑,爆笑fervor热诚,热情,热忱,激情avidity热心,狂热,热忱,渴望enthusiasm积极性,热情,热心,激情speed速度,速度快,速度快慢cheerfulness愉快的心情,欢快的心情,欢欣鼓舞的心情,欢欣鼓舞alertness警觉性,警惕性,警觉,警戒性joyousness喜气洋洋,喜悦,喜气,喜乐promptitude及时性,迅速,迅速性,迅捷性briskness洁净度,爽性,爽朗,爽快
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- : liveliness; briskness.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounliveliness; promptness
Forms: alacrities
Examples
Down under, people endearingly call boxes of wine “goons,” and they drink them with alacrity.
When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity.
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.
Bernard, professing great alacrity, looked about him; but he still lingered near his companions.
This result comes only to those who carry out all the directions with genuine alacrity—not shirking one of them.
The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
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