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zealous

/zel-uhs/US // ˈzɛl əs //UK // (ˈzɛləs) //

热心,热心的,热心肠,热情的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.enthusiastic

Examples

  • Although zealous in defense of their own rights and freedoms, they are less concerned about the rights and freedoms of those who are not like them.

  • Since no amount of logical arguments, cajoling or bribery will change the minds of zealous conspiracy theorists, Fauci probably won’t convince skeptics that the NIH bigwig is a paragon of public service.

  • To get it right, it’s important not to be over zealous on the number of channels used, within whatever company tools are used to communicate — whether it’s Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Google Docs.

  • It’s easy to get over-zealous and buy grilling tools that you’ll never use.

  • These labels matter, but so does our over-zealous urge to dole them out and endlessly dwell on them.

  • Americans have a right to fear over-zealous and unwarranted surveillance by the NSA.

  • The extremely zealous President Kevin Baugh has been issuing war bonds to raise funds in case fighting becomes necessary.

  • Zealous populist patriots might pal around on principle, but banding together effectively is another matter.

  • Some of them were brought up in the faith; some are zealous converts.

  • He was so zealous a partisan of democracy, and of Cromwell, that the authorities frequently placed him in a straight jacket.

  • Paul Egede died, aged 81; author of an Account of Greenland, and a zealous missionary there.

  • He found himself among kinsmen who were zealous Roman Catholics.

  • Vernon was a zealous Whig, and not personally unacceptable to the chiefs of his party.

  • But, though Portland was an unreasonable and querulous friend, he was a most faithful and zealous minister.