alacrity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·lac·ri·ty /əˈlækrəti/ noun [uncountable] formal FAST/QUICKquickness and eagerness 乐意，爽快nwith alacrity She accepted with alacrity. 她欣然接受了。

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alacrity• No wonder that theism is abandoned with such alacrity by so many of these new philosophers.• They imitated the coolness and courage of their predecessors, going forward with the utmost alacrity and firmness.• When Gary Paget reappeared, offering his services again, Helen accepted with alacrity.• Then he turned with a flop, his belly following with alacrity, losing his only good angle.• Startlingly intuitive, she sums up his life situation with alacrity, reducing his Hamlet-size dilemmas to something he can laugh at.• He took with alacrity and never looked back.with alacrity• Packages are delivered with alacrity.Origin alacrity (1500-1600) Latin alacritas, from alacer “lively, eager”