| 释义 |
enˌthusiˈastically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†a. In the manner of one under mystical religious delusion. Obs.
b. In the manner of one full of enthusiasm; with a display of ardent or rapturous feeling.
a.1691Wood Ath. Oxon. (R.), He [John Oxenbridge] preached very enthusiastically in several places. 1696C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 90 If they shou'd Enthusiastically Believe, or Hypocritically Pretend. 1722De Foe Plague (1754) 26 Some were so Enthusiastically bold as to run about the Streets, with their Oral Predictions.
b.1786W. Gilpin in Mrs. Delany's Corr. Ser. ii. III. 346 Plants, of which she is enthusiastically fond. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 362 His scheme was enthusiastically applauded. 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. Pref. 5 Mr. Innes..always entered enthusiastically into any proposal calculated to elucidate the past history of his native country. |