zeal

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ziːl/    美 /zil/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest. countable,uncountable
    — She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.
  2. A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] like a malicious purblinde zeale as thou art!
  3. A group of zebras. collective,countable,uncountable
    — A zeal of zebras confuses predators. Each zebra has a different set of stripes.

词形变化

zeals plural

词汇关系

相关词
jealous jealousy missionary zeal zealot zealotic zealotical zealotry zealous zealously zealousness zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

词源

From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to search”). Related to jealous.
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