keening
n. 哭喪,哀慟
v. (為死者)慟哭,哀號( keen的現在分詞 )
If you are keen on doing something, you very much want to do it. If you are keen that something should happen, you very much want it to happen.
You're not keen on going, are you?...
你不太想去,是嗎?
Both companies were keen on a merger...
兩家公司都很想合併。
If you are keen on something, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it.
I got quite keen on the idea...
我對這個想法燃起了極大的熱情。
I wasn't too keen on physics and chemistry.
我對物理和化學不是太感喜愛。
You use keen to indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it.
She was a keen amateur photographer.
她是業餘攝影愛好者。
If you describe someone as keen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do.
He's a very keen student and works very hard...
他是個很好學的學生,學習非常努力。
You're all very keen.
你們都很熱心。
A keen interest or emotion is one that is very intense.
He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
他對那項工作的進展一直很關心。
...his keen sense of loyalty.
他強烈的忠誠感
If you are a keen supporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically.
He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life...
他一生都是工黨的熱情擁護者。
He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
他是“停車再換乘”計劃的熱情擁護者。
If you say that someone has a keen mind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them.
They described him as a man of keen intellect...
他們把他描述成一個才思敏捷的人。
Mr Walsh has a keen appreciation of the priorities of the electorate...
沃爾什先生深刻理解選民最為關注的事項。
If you have a keen eye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect.
...an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail...
對細節非常敏感的業餘畫家
Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
布蘭德敏銳的耳朵聽出了口音。
If you are keen on someone, you find them sexually attractive and want to get to know them better.
Mick has always been very keen on Carla.
米克一直迷戀卡拉。
A keen fight 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.
There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections.
預計地方選舉的競爭會非常激烈。
Keen prices are low and competitive.
The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.
該公司透過討價還價從供貨商那裡拿到了很低的價格。
If someone keens, they cry out or make sounds to express their sorrow at someone's death.
He tossed back his head and keened...
他仰天慟哭起來。
Someone was making a low, keening noise.
有人正在低聲哀泣。
If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
So you're not mad keen on science then?...
那麼你對科學並不是太感興趣了?
She was mad keen to go.
她非常想去。
Someone was making a low, keening noise.
有人正在低聲哀泣。
Feel the rush the wind against your skin and hear her keening cry in your ears.
用你的肌膚感受風的衝撞,用你的耳朵傾聽她的高歌,仔細聆聽她的呼喚吧!
It is the wild Irish women keening over their dead ( George A. Lawrence ).
是那些放蕩的愛爾蘭婦女在為她們的死者慟哭 ( 喬治A. 勞倫斯 ).