zeal是什么意思,zeal怎么用
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zeal
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📰 外刊例句
The decentralised digital cryptocurrency, powered by a vast computer network, is notorious for the wild fluctuations in its value, the zeal of its supporters and its degenerate uses, such as extortion , buying drugs and hiring hitmen in the online bazaars of the “dark net”. 这一由庞大计算机网络支撑的去中央化数字加密货币之所以声名狼藉,原因很多:骤涨暴跌的价格、狂热的支持者,以及堕落的用途,例如勒索、购买毒品和在“黑暗网络”的在线集市上雇用职业杀手。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[noun] great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
[名词] 为追求某项事业或目标而投入的巨大精力或热情
💡 深入解读
Zeal 一词拼写简单好记,曾在小站(微信公众号:田间小站)前几期的小词详解中出现过多次,今天就专门来说说它的具体用法。该词源自古希腊语zēlos(热情、热切的竞争、效仿),14世纪末经古法语zel或者直接经晚期拉丁语zelus(热情、效仿)进入英语,即用来表示“热情、热忱、激情、狂热”,常作正式用语使用,主要指为追求某项事业或目标而投入的巨大精力或热情,常伴随着积极充满活力且坚持不懈(unflagging)的行动,
比如:
They hope to emulate her spirit of assiduous study and her zeal for teaching.他们希望能够效法她刻苦钻研的精神以及她对教学工作的热情。
She made an eloquent appeal for action. Nothing abated her crusading zeal.她发表了富有说服力的演讲,呼吁采取行动。没有什么能减弱她的坚定热情。
📚 名著用例
And in her zeal , when she had finished with her own, she attacked the belongings of her men and went through them like a tornado. 她扔得起了劲,把自己的东西扔完之后,又旋风一般横扫起男人们的东西来了。
— 出自《美国作家杰克·伦敦(Jack London)于1903年发表的著名中篇小说《野性的呼唤》( The Call of the Wild ),又名《荒野的呼唤》。该动物冒险小说,是美国文学史上的经典作品,被誉为“世界上读得最多的美国小说”。》
🔍 同近义词
- fervour: intense and passionate feeling
- ardour: great enthusiasm or passion
- enthusiasm: intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval

