zeal
zeal 英 [zi:l] 美 [zil]
n. 热情；热心；热诚
名词复数:zeals
- Zeal is dedication or enthusiasm for something. If you have zeal, you're willing, energized, and motivated.
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- n. 热情；热心；热诚
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1. They were animated by religious zeal.
他们被宗教热情所驱使。
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2. He worked for the cause with great zeal.
他怀着极大的热诚为理想而努力。
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3. They plunged into their work with immense zeal.
他们以极大的热情投入工作。
- zeal (n.) "passionate ardor in pursuit of an objective or course of action," late 14c., from Old French zel (Modern French zèle) and directly from Late Latin zelus "zeal, emulation" (source also of Italian zelo, Spanish celo), a Church word, from Greek zelos "ardor, eager rivalry, emulation," "a noble passion" [Liddell & Scott], but also "jealousy;" prom PIE *ya- "to seek, request, desire." From mid-15c. as "devotion."
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