keenest

英 [ˈkiːnɪst]

美 [ˈkinəst]

adj.  渴望; 热切; 热衷于; 热情的; 热心的; 喜爱; (对…)着迷，有兴趣
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 渴望的；热切的；热衷的
  If you arekeen ondoing something, you very much want to do it. If you arekeen thatsomething should happen, you very much want it to happen.
  1. You're not keen on going, are you?...
     你不太想去，是吗？
  2. Both companies were keen on a merger...
     两家公司都很想合并。
  3. I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia...
     我热切地希望欧盟尽可能开放与俄罗斯的贸易。
  4. She's still keen to keep in touch...
     她仍旧很愿意保持联系。
  5. I am not keen for her to have a bicycle.
     我不太放心她有辆自行车。
• ADJ-GRADED （对…）喜爱的，满怀热情的
  If you arekeen onsomething, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. I got quite keen on the idea...
     我对这个想法燃起了极大的热情。
  2. I wasn't too keen on physics and chemistry.
     我对物理和化学不是太感喜爱。
• ADJ-GRADED (对某一活动)热情的，热心的
  You usekeento indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it.
  1. She was a keen amateur photographer.
     她是业余摄影爱好者。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)生性热情的，兴趣广博的
  If you describe someone askeen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do.
  1. He's a very keen student and works very hard...
     他是个很好学的学生，学习非常努力。
  2. You're all very keen.
     你们都很热心。
• ADJ-GRADED （兴趣或感情）浓厚的，强烈的
  Akeeninterest or emotion is one that is very intense.
  1. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
     他对那项工作的进展一直很关心。
  2. ...his keen sense of loyalty.
     他强烈的忠诚感
• ADJ-GRADED （支持）热情的，积极的
  If you are akeensupporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically.
  1. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life...
     他一生都是工党的热情拥护者。
  2. He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
     他是“停车再换乘”计划的热情拥护者。
• ADJ-GRADED 思维敏捷的；机灵的；机智的
  If you say that someone has akeenmind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them.
  1. They described him as a man of keen intellect...
     他们把他描述成一个才思敏捷的人。
  2. Mr Walsh has a keen appreciation of the priorities of the electorate...
     沃尔什先生深刻理解选民最为关注的事项。
  3. I can see you have a keen sense of humour.
     我能看出你极具幽默感。
• ADJ-GRADED （目光或听觉）灵敏的，敏锐的
  If you have akeeneye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect.
  1. ...an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail...
     对细节非常敏感的业余画家
  2. Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
     布兰德敏锐的耳朵听出了口音。
• ADJ-GRADED （对某人）倾心的,迷恋的
  If you arekeen onsomeone, you find them sexually attractive and want to get to know them better.
  1. Mick has always been very keen on Carla.
     米克一直迷恋卡拉。
• ADJ-GRADED （战斗或竞争）激烈的，紧张的
  Akeenfight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win.
  1. There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections.
     预计地方选举的竞争会非常激烈。
• ADJ-GRADED （价格）低廉的，有竞争力的
  Keenprices are low and competitive.
  1. The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.
     该公司通过讨价还价从供货商那里拿到了很低的价格。
• VERB （为死者）恸哭，哀号
  If someonekeens, they cry out or make sounds to express their sorrow at someone's death.
  1. He tossed back his head and keened...
     他仰天恸哭起来。
  2. Someone was making a low, keening noise.
     有人正在低声哀泣。
• PHRASE 对…十分热衷；对…非常热情
  If you say that someone ismad keen onsomething, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. So you're not mad keen on science then?...
     那么你对科学并不是太感兴趣了？
  2. She was mad keen to go.
     她非常想去。
  3. ...a mad keen golfer.
     高尔夫发烧友

双语例句

• Her keenest attention was awakened; she longed to hear more, and was grateful to her uncle for saying, There are very few people of whom so much can be said.
  她很想再多听一些。幸喜她舅舅又开口说道：当得起这样恭维的人，实在没有几个。
• The Tories keenest on elected police commissioners are also those who yearn for more authoritarian policing ( and who think that the public agrees with them).
  保守党中对选举成为治安专员热心的党员同时也渴望更多的集权管理（也认为公众会同意他们）。
• But Mr blinder seemed unaware of the fact that outsourcing via the Internet was the mode of service transactions that the US lobbies were keenest about in the Uruguay round of trade negotiations: they saw that they would be the big winners, as no doubt they are.
  但布林德似乎没有认识到一个事实，即通过互联网外包是美国游说者在乌拉圭回合贸易谈判中最热衷的服务交易模式：他们认为自己会成为大赢家，事实无疑也是这样。
• God could cause us the keenest embarrassment if He were to reveal to us all the secrets of nature.
  上帝要是说出所有的自然奥秘，会令我们很难堪；
• It is one of the odd old laws on the statute book, although rarely enforced by even the keenest police officer.
  这是法律全书上最古怪最老的法规之一，但是执法最严明的警察也不会执行的。
• Even the United States, which along with Germany is the keenest enforcer of the bribery accord, has had to undergo scrutiny at the hands of its peers and listen meekly to ideas for better enforcement.
  即便是和德国一起并称反贪协约的最忠实实行者的美国，也要受到同伴国的监督，并虚心接受改进执法的建议。
• He heard me with the keenest interest, and when I had done he patted me on the head.
  他聚精会神地听我讲完，然后轻轻拍了拍我的头。
• Rustproof and tamper-evident, their innards repel the attentions of the keenest amateur mechanic.
  它们具有抗锈、防拆功能，它们的内脏拒绝业余机械迷的窥探。
• In a recent Gallup poll, Americans say they are keenest on the computer industry, with the restaurant business and hard-working farmers not far behind.
  在最近的一份盖洛普民意测验中，美国人表示他们最青睐计算机业，餐饮业和勤劳的农业紧随其后。
• His audacity comes from having seen the worst happen, from having endured the keenest pain.
  他有胆识是由于他有过最坏的遭遇，忍受过最强烈的痛苦。