eager

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ea·ger /ˈiːɡə $ -ər/ adjectiveadj

1 EXCITEDvery keen and excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to do 熱切的，渴望的

eager to do something

I was eager to get back to work as soon as possible.

我渴望盡早回來工作。

He’s a bright kid and eager to learn.

他是個聰明的孩子，熱愛學習。

She’s a very hard worker and very eager to please.

她工作很賣力，而且很希望别人滿意。

A crowd of eager young students were already waiting outside.

一群急不可待的青年學生已經在外面等着。

eager for

fans eager for a glimpse of the singer

急於看一眼歌手的歌迷們

2. eager beaver informalENTHUSIASTIC someone who is too keen and works harder than they should 過分熱心的人；過於勤奮的人

—eagerly adverbadv

They’re eagerly awaiting the big day.

他們在翹首企盼這個大日子。

—eagerness noun [uncountableU]

People were pushing each other out of the way in their eagerness to get to the front.

人們互相推搡着，拼命想擠到前面去。

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eager• Perhaps the captain of the frigate was a touch too eager.• A crowd of eager fans were waiting outside the hotel.• Simon was an ambitious man, eager for power and prestige.• He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.• Much of the routine work was done by girl students eager to earn a little extra towards their fees.• I was eager to figure out how much money Peter, and I, had won.• She hurried home from college, eager to hear Tom's news.• But were they eager to learn?• People are quick to slap that label on you, and then just as eager to predict your downfall.• As in the Horton days, the dancers were eager to work with him.• a group of eager volunteers

eager to please• Mika is a very hard worker and very eager to please.• And everyone at Angelique is genuinely eager to please.• Can not afford national advertising, so relies on verbal testimonials to expand business, so eager to please.• Everyone who works there is friendly and eager to please.• Like Julia, Nina is eager to please and dissipates her personality in those around her.• The Yugoslavs are a friendly people who are eager to please and will always be happy to help you.• Mike and Arlene were eager to please, decent, good, friendly people.• Her name was Mrs Dempster, and she seemed pleasant and eager to please her new master.• But, hey, the show is so earnest and eager to please that such things are almost easy to overlook.

Origin eager

(1200-1300) Old French aigre, from Latin acer “sharp”

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