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avidly

/av-id-lee/US // ˈæv ɪd li //

狂热地,热切地,殷勤地,殷切地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with great enthusiasm, interest, or desire; eagerly: As they talked, he followed their exchange avidly, his head turning back and forth between them as if he were watching a tennis match.

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Examples

  • The fire is thanks to his grandmother, too, an avid gardener who kept in her house a Thai chile plant for grazing.

  • In the mid-2000s, Britney Spears was going through a breakdown, one that the rising gossip blogs of the day served up to the public for avid consumption.

  • Baecher, a Sydney-based psychologist, military veteran, and avid mountaineer with a background helping people perform in high-stress situations, kept her cool while the body was recovered.

  • It will get chilly in many areas over the next few months, and many avid runners wear full face coverings, pandemic or not.

  • Whether you’re an avid late night reader, or a simple sleeper who needs nothing more than a lamp, bedside tables are a handy way to organize your bedroom and encourage restful, pleasant bedtime routines.

  • The Gladiator star has been avidly tweeting at Pope Francis, asking for a screening for his upcoming film Noah.

  • And basketball may be followed avidly from Madison Square Garden to playgrounds on Coney Island.

  • Brown says his greatest joy would be to find that readers of Inferno were avidly discussing Dante.

  • Ibrahim is a short, fierce young woman in a bright headscarf and blue jeans, avidly texting on her Nokia.

  • There are a plethora of groups that track and publish this kind of information, which I read avidly when I come across it.

  • Then he was avidly busy in the pit, working as carefully as a fine jeweller.

  • Things sticky and glutinous pounce avidly upon it; nor is its seat reserved from paints and varnishes.

  • She ate avidly, and when she'd finished he offered more, which she refused until he'd had a share.

  • The driver was avidly curious about the area where supposedly no human being could survive.

  • Her mind, long starved like her body, seized avidly on the nourishment thus afforded.