词组 | enthusiastic |
释义 | enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk◂ $ ɪnˌθuː-/ adjective feeling or showing a lot of interest and excitement about somethingadverbsvery/highly/extremely enthusiastic The children are very enthusiastic about the holiday. | The band played in front of a highly enthusiastic crowd. | Her teacher is extremely enthusiastic about her work.wildly enthusiastic (=extremely enthusiastic) The audience burst into wildly enthusiastic applause.overly enthusiastic (=too enthusiastic) An overly enthusiastic child had rung my doorbell five times.not overly enthusiastic (=not very enthusiastic) I wasn’t overly enthusiastic about doing the extra work.verbsbe/feel enthusiastic They felt enthusiastic about moving to another country.get/become enthusiastic He got very enthusiastic while he was telling the story.seem/appear enthusiastic I wanted to go, but Helen seemed less enthusiastic.sound/look enthusiastic “I’m sure we can do it,” she said, trying to sound enthusiastic. | Your husband doesn’t look too enthusiastic about the idea.nounsenthusiastic support His policies won him the enthusiastic support of middle-income voters.an enthusiastic supporter He is an enthusiastic supporter of the war.an enthusiastic response The proposal has received an enthusiastic response from students.an enthusiastic reception/welcome The audience gave him an enthusiastic reception.an enthusiastic crowd/audience An enthusiastic crowd cheered the team onto the pitch.enthusiastic applause His speech was greeted by enthusiastic applause.an enthusiastic amateur (=someone who tries hard but is often not very skilful) There are a few professionals in the race, but most are enthusiastic amateurs.an enthusiastic review The play received enthusiastic reviews.prepositionsenthusiastic about sth All the staff are enthusiastic about the project.THESAURUS: enthusiastic eageranticipation | expectation | audience | fans | customers | hands | face | smile wanting to do something or know about something very soon: We waited in eager anticipation. | Eager fans waited for hours to hear him play. | The child’s eager hands tore the wrapping paper off the gift. | The classroom was full of eager young faces. | He was eager to hear every detail of her day. keen eager to work or learn: She hasn’t much experience but she’s very keen. | John was a keen student who worked very hard.In British English, keen can also be used before a noun when someone is very enthusiastic about a particular activity and does it a lot: Pat is a very keen gardener. I’m a keen golfer and play twice a week. avidreader | collector | fan | supporter | golfer | skier | interest used when you want to emphasize that someone does something a lot or is very interested in something: She was an avid reader all her life. | I’ve become an avid collector of his work. | Henry is an avid fan of the sport. | As a schoolboy he had an avid interest in birds.Avid is only used before a noun.Avid or keen?In British English avid or keen can be used before a noun to describe someone who does something a lot or is very interested in it. Avid is more formal than keen: He is a keen/avid skier.In American English, keen is not usually used in this sense and avid is the usual word to use: He is an avid skier. zealous doing something in a very enthusiastic way, especially supporting something or making sure that people obey rules: She was a zealous supporter of the revolution. | The company has been extremely zealous in defending its interests. | Officials have been very zealous in the application of the new regulations. fervent writtensupporter | admirer | proponent | believer | belief | support | prayer | wish believing or feeling something very strongly and sincerely: Galinsoga was one of Franco’s most fervent supporters. | He was a fervent admirer of Margaret Thatcher. | It was her fervent belief that she could achieve anything.Fervent is usually used before a noun. be mad on/about sth BrE informal to like something very much and be very interested in it: My sister’s mad on horses. | Since you’re so mad about clothes, you can help me choose a wedding dress.Mad can also be used in combination with a noun to say that someone likes something very much: This gift would be suitable for any football-mad boy. The country is run by a power-mad leader.In informal English, if you are very eager to do something, you can use the phrase can’t wait to do sth: I can’t wait to see him again.If you are pleased and excited because you know something is going to happen soon, you can say that you are looking forward to something: I’m looking forward to visiting Japan next month. |
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