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keen on

/keen/US // kin //UK // (kiːn) //

热衷于,精于此道,精于此道的人

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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.

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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.