alacrity
alacrity 英 [əˈlækrəti] 美 [əˈlækrɪti]
n. 敏捷；轻快；乐意
名词复数:alacrities
- 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.
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- n. 敏捷；轻快；乐意
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1. First, move with alacrity.
首先，动作敏捷。
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2. He turns you adrift on the world with surprising alacrity.
他以令人惊奇的喜爱任你在世上漂泊。
- alacrity (n.) "liveliness, briskness," mid-15c., from Latin alacritatem (nominative alacritas) "liveliness, ardor, eagerness," from alacer (genitive alacris) "cheerful, brisk, lively;" a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Gothic aljan "zeal," Old English ellen "courage, zeal, strength," Old High German ellian. But de Vaan suggests the root sense is "to wander, roam" and a possible connection with ambulare.
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