keener

英 [ˈkiːnə]

美 [ˈkinər]

adj.  渴望; 热切; 热衷于; 热情的; 热心的; 喜爱; (对…)着迷，有兴趣
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 渴望的；热切的；热衷的
  If you arekeen ondoing something, you very much want to do it. If you arekeen thatsomething should happen, you very much want it to happen.
  1. You're not keen on going, are you?...
     你不太想去，是吗？
  2. Both companies were keen on a merger...
     两家公司都很想合并。
  3. I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia...
     我热切地希望欧盟尽可能开放与俄罗斯的贸易。
  4. She's still keen to keep in touch...
     她仍旧很愿意保持联系。
  5. I am not keen for her to have a bicycle.
     我不太放心她有辆自行车。
• ADJ-GRADED （对…）喜爱的，满怀热情的
  If you arekeen onsomething, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. I got quite keen on the idea...
     我对这个想法燃起了极大的热情。
  2. I wasn't too keen on physics and chemistry.
     我对物理和化学不是太感喜爱。
• ADJ-GRADED (对某一活动)热情的，热心的
  You usekeento indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it.
  1. She was a keen amateur photographer.
     她是业余摄影爱好者。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)生性热情的，兴趣广博的
  If you describe someone askeen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do.
  1. He's a very keen student and works very hard...
     他是个很好学的学生，学习非常努力。
  2. You're all very keen.
     你们都很热心。
• ADJ-GRADED （兴趣或感情）浓厚的，强烈的
  Akeeninterest or emotion is one that is very intense.
  1. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
     他对那项工作的进展一直很关心。
  2. ...his keen sense of loyalty.
     他强烈的忠诚感
• ADJ-GRADED （支持）热情的，积极的
  If you are akeensupporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically.
  1. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life...
     他一生都是工党的热情拥护者。
  2. He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
     他是“停车再换乘”计划的热情拥护者。
• ADJ-GRADED 思维敏捷的；机灵的；机智的
  If you say that someone has akeenmind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them.
  1. They described him as a man of keen intellect...
     他们把他描述成一个才思敏捷的人。
  2. Mr Walsh has a keen appreciation of the priorities of the electorate...
     沃尔什先生深刻理解选民最为关注的事项。
  3. I can see you have a keen sense of humour.
     我能看出你极具幽默感。
• ADJ-GRADED （目光或听觉）灵敏的，敏锐的
  If you have akeeneye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect.
  1. ...an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail...
     对细节非常敏感的业余画家
  2. Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
     布兰德敏锐的耳朵听出了口音。
• ADJ-GRADED （对某人）倾心的,迷恋的
  If you arekeen onsomeone, you find them sexually attractive and want to get to know them better.
  1. Mick has always been very keen on Carla.
     米克一直迷恋卡拉。
• ADJ-GRADED （战斗或竞争）激烈的，紧张的
  Akeenfight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win.
  1. There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections.
     预计地方选举的竞争会非常激烈。
• ADJ-GRADED （价格）低廉的，有竞争力的
  Keenprices are low and competitive.
  1. The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.
     该公司通过讨价还价从供货商那里拿到了很低的价格。
• VERB （为死者）恸哭，哀号
  If someonekeens, they cry out or make sounds to express their sorrow at someone's death.
  1. He tossed back his head and keened...
     他仰天恸哭起来。
  2. Someone was making a low, keening noise.
     有人正在低声哀泣。
• PHRASE 对…十分热衷；对…非常热情
  If you say that someone ismad keen onsomething, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. So you're not mad keen on science then?...
     那么你对科学并不是太感兴趣了？
  2. She was mad keen to go.
     她非常想去。
  3. ...a mad keen golfer.
     高尔夫发烧友

双语例句

• Many feel that by living and working with people from many nationalities, they have gained a keener appreciation of the challenges and opportunities presented by an increasingly globalized society.
  许多人觉得，跟来自不同国家的人一起生活、工作让他们能更好地理解日渐全球化的社会带来的挑战和机遇。
• Soon the equipage began to ascend to higher ground, and the wind grew keener with the change of level and soil.
  马车不久上了土坡，随着地势的增高，风也随着路面和土壤的变化而变得更加寒冷了。
• I was even keener to uncover their private judgments of our sensibilities and of our lives.
  我甚至更渴望知道他们对我们的鉴赏能力和我们生活的私人判断。
• They can raise money more cheaply than smaller banks, notably in the financial markets, and can therefore offer keener lending rates.
  他们能更低成本的筹集款项，尤其是在金融市场，因而能提供更低的贷款利率。
• Her solicitor was much keener to talk to her than she was to talk to him.
  她的律师极想找她谈话，而她却并不怎么迫切。
• She discovered that market traders appeared to charge different prices to different ethnic groups-in particular, Asian buyers tended to win keener prices than white buyers.
  她发现，鱼商似乎对不同种族的人要不同的价格&尤其明显的是，亚裔买家往往会拿到比白人更有利的价格。
• He seemed conscious of possessing a keener power of enjoyment than other people.
  他似乎意识到自己具有比别人更敏锐的鉴赏能力。
• If we want to survive in the world where the competition of living is keener and keener, we have no alternative but to absorb more knowledge to elevate, expand and strengthen our abilities.
  如果我们想存在生活的竞争愈来愈激烈的世界上。我们不得不吸收更多的知识来提升，开拓和加强我们的能力。
• There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
  知晓一个社会的灵魂，就看这个社会对待小孩的方式，除此以外，没有更好的办法。
• The keener the watch on resistance, the finer is the skill and competence in the end.
  对阻力关注得越敏感，最后的技巧和能力越细腻。