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keen

/keen/US // kin //UK // (kiːn) //

敏锐的,热情的,敏锐,热切的

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impatient急于求成,急躁,耐心,急于求成的人avid狂热的,狂热,狂热者,热心fierce猛烈的,激烈的,猛烈,凶猛fervent热切的,热切,热烈的,热烈anxious焦急的,焦虑的,焦虑不安,焦虑eager渴望,急于求成,急于,急于求成的ardent热心,热心的,热情的,热烈的intense激烈的,强烈的,激烈,剧烈的acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧strong强大的,强有力,强壮的,强壮wise明智的,智慧的,智慧,聪明的shrewd精明的,精明,精明能干,聪明的discriminating歧视性的,歧视性,辨证的,识别性的sensitive敏感的,敏感,灵敏的,敏锐的quick快速,迅速,快,快速的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利astute精明的,精明,狡黠的,聪明的devoted忠诚的,忠心耿耿的,忠心耿耿,忠心的alert警惕,提醒,警报,警觉spirited活力四射,活力四射的,精神抖擞的,精神抖擞

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    keen·er, keen·est.

    • : finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
    • : sharp, piercing, or biting: a keen wind; keen satire.
    • : characterized by strength and distinctness of perception; extremely sensitive or responsive: keen eyes; keen ears.
    • : having or showing great mental penetration or acumen: keen reasoning; a keen mind.
    • : animated by or showing strong feeling or desire: keen competition.
    • : intense, as feeling or desire: keen ambition; keen jealousy.
    • : eager; interested; enthusiastic: She is really keen on going swimming.
    • : Slang. great; wonderful; marvelous.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.enthusiastic
Forms: keened, keening, keens
Synonyms
anxious焦急的,焦虑的,焦虑不安,焦虑ardent热心,热心的,热情的,热烈的avid狂热的,狂热,狂热者,热心eager渴望,急于求成,急于,急于求成的fervent热切的,热切,热烈的,热烈fierce猛烈的,激烈的,猛烈,凶猛impatient急于求成,急躁,耐心,急于求成的人intense激烈的,强烈的,激烈,剧烈的alert警惕,提醒,警报,警觉animate动画,动画片,动画制作,动画化animated动画的,动画,动画片,动画的方式devoted忠诚的,忠心耿耿的,忠心耿耿,忠心的earnest认真的,恳切,恳切的,严肃的intent故意的,故意,宗旨interested有兴趣,有兴趣的,感兴趣的是,感兴趣的spirited活力四射,活力四射的,精神抖擞的,精神抖擞warm温暖,温暖的,暖和,温馨提示agog激动人心,激动人心的,激动不已,激动appetent食欲旺盛,食欲,开胃,开胃菜athirst渴求,渴望,渴了,饥渴breathless气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,喘不过气来,喘不过气来的dying to死于,垂死挣扎,奄奄一息,奄奄一息的ebullient热情洋溢,热情洋溢的,热情奔放,热情洋溢的人fervid狂热的,狂热,热烈的,热烈fond of爱好,喜好,喜欢,爱好的gung ho锣鼓喧天,锣鼓声,锣鼓,锣鼓节impassioned慷慨激昂,慷慨激昂的,恳切的,慷慨的lively活泼的,活跃的,热烈的,热闹的perfervid敷衍了事,敷衍塞责,敷衍搪塞,敷衍了事的sprightly活泼的,神气活现,精神抖擞的,精神抖擞地thirsty口渴的,口渴,渴了,口渴了vehement慷慨激昂,坚定不移地,慷慨激昂的,激烈的vivacious活泼的,活泼,生机勃勃,活力zealous热心,热心的,热心肠,热情的
Antonyms
apathetic麻木不仁,漠不关心,冷漠的,冷漠calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉dispassionate冷静的,平静的,冷静,平静indifferent无动于衷,漠不关心,漠不关心的,无动于衷的peaceful宁静,宁静的,和平的,和平unconcerned漠不关心,漠不关心的,无动于衷,无所事事unenthusiastic不热心,不热心的,不热情,不热衷lethargic慵懒的,慵懒,昏昏欲睡,葳蕤blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的idiotic痴人说梦,愚蠢的,痴呆,傻子ignorant懵懵懂懂,愚昧无知,懵懂无知,懵懵懂懂的obtuse迟钝的,钝的,迟钝,愚钝的pointless无意义的,无意义,毫无意义,毫无意义的reluctant勉强,勉强的,不愿意的,勉为其难stupid愚蠢的,愚蠢,笨,笨笨uninterested无兴趣,不感兴趣,无兴趣的,不感兴趣的
adj.sharp, piercing
Forms: keened, keening, keens
Synonyms
acute急性,急症,急性病,急剧intense激烈的,强烈的,激烈,剧烈的strong强大的,强有力,强壮的,强壮acid酸,酸液,酸酸的,酸性caustic苛责,苛刻的,苛求,苛责的cutting切割,切削,切断,削减extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的fine罚款,精细,精细的,细致honed训练有素的,训练有素,训练有素的人,珩磨过的penetrating通透的,透彻的,穿透力强,穿透力强的pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头tart馅饼,果馅饼,蛋挞,挞伐incisive精辟的,锐利的,尖锐的,透彻的observant观察者,观察家,善于观察的人,观察家们perceptive敏锐的,敏锐,敏锐的洞察力,敏锐的人quick-witted心灵手巧,心灵手巧的,机灵,机智razor-sharp锋利的,锐利的,锐利的刀锋,锋利的刀片sardonic讽刺,讽刺性,讽刺性的,讽刺的satirical讽刺的,讽刺,讽刺性的,讽刺性trenchant犀利的,鞭辟入里,精辟的,犀利unblunted非钝化的,非钝化,非钝化型,不钝化的
adj.intelligent
Forms: keened, keening, keens
Synonyms
astute精明的,精明,狡黠的,聪明的discriminating歧视性的,歧视性,辨证的,识别性的quick快速,迅速,快,快速的sensitive敏感的,敏感,灵敏的,敏锐的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利shrewd精明的,精明,精明能干,聪明的wise明智的,智慧的,智慧,聪明的einstein爱因斯坦,温斯坦,温斯顿,斯坦discerning有眼光的,敏锐的洞察力,辨别力强的,敏锐的whiz咝咝声,咝咝声响,咝咝作响,呼呼bright明亮的,明亮,光明,光亮brilliant精彩纷呈,辉煌,精采的,灿烂canny乖巧,狡猾的,聪明的,聪明clever聪明的,巧妙的,聪明,巧妙地nobody's fool谁也不傻,谁都不傻,谁也不傻的,谁都不傻的perceptive敏锐的,敏锐,敏锐的洞察力,敏锐的人perspicacious敏锐的,睿智,敏锐,缜密的sagacious贤明,贤明的,明智的,贤明的人sapient聪明人,敏锐的,敏锐,聪明的人sharp as a tack犀利无比,锋芒毕露,犀利如斯,犀利如初

Examples

  • That’s not good for a leader like Xi, keen to rule for life.

  • Sorkin is keen to stress that passion and persistence matter more than talent and the value of visualizing dreams before they become reality.

  • While countries are keen to build up scant domestic manufacturing capacity, it’s a costly and complex business, and difficult to compete with larger producers, Gavi’s Berkley said.

  • Like young adults who are keen to leave home at age 18, young leopards migrate in order to begin their family and establish territorial control over new areas.

  • For the last few months, Facebook, keen to look like it’s working with credible publishing sources, has paid Upday journalists to populate its Coronavirus Information Center.

  • Would a state with a keen understanding of the power of propaganda be so willing to just throw away such a trove of information?

  • Manttan is keen to carry out research on that Burmese side of the railway as his father worked on that section.

  • It offers keen insights into Hitch's craft while painting an intimate and unsentimental picture of the man behind the camera.

  • And because millions of us are so keen to do just that, our behavioral habits are changing.

  • The Telegraph reports that he is fluent in Swahili and a keen zoologist.

  • The student who does not intend to arouse himself need hope for no keen sense of beauty.

  • One other illustration of this keen childish dialectic when face to face with the accuser deserves to be touched on.

  • Impersonation may be more easily achieved intellectually, requiring only keen observation and the power of imitation.

  • The keen resentment had faded from his face, but an immense reproach was there—a heavy, helpless, appealing reproach.

  • Garnache bowed to the lady, who returned his greeting by an inclination of the head, and his keen eyes played briskly over her.

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