学案 重点词汇详解 Making the news.docVIP

Unit?4?Making?the?news 重点词汇详解 1. eager(keen, anxious)?? adj. 热切的；渴望的(after, about, for) The boy was eager for success. 男孩子急于获得成功。 He is eager for his parents to meet his girlfriends. 他盼望他的父母去见他的女朋友。 The saleswoman in the shop is always eager to please everybody. 商店里的那个女售货员总是十分殷勤,希望使人人满意。 【习惯用语】 be eager for 渴望, 渴求, 争取 ??be eager about 渴望, 渴求, 争取 ?be eager after 渴望, 渴求, 争取 be eager to do 急欲, 渴望做 【参考词汇】 eager /keen /anxious 意思都含“渴望的”。 eager指“以巨大的热情渴望实现愿望或达到目的的”, 有时也指“由于其他感情影响而表现急不可耐的”, 如: He was eager to see her. 他渴望见到她。 keen 指“对某人、某物怀有极大兴趣或热情的”, 如: They were keen to win. 他们急于取胜。