| 单词 | enthusiastically |
| 释义 | enthusiastically (once / 1405 pages) adv When you do something enthusiastically, you do it with excitement and eagerness. You might enthusiastically accept your grandmother's invitation to join her on a European cruise. If you love your job, you'll tend to work enthusiastically, and when your favorite band is playing, you'll wait enthusiastically for them to take the stage. Enthusiastically is a great adverb for describing anything you do cheerfully, or with enthusiasm. The adjective enthusiastic originally meant "possessed by a god," and it comes from the Greek word entheos, "divinely inspired or possessed," combining the roots en, "in," and theos, "god." WORD FAMILYenthusiastic: enthusiastically, overenthusiastic, unenthusiastic+/enthusiasm: enthusiasms, enthusiast, enthusiastic/enthusiast: enthusiasts/overenthusiastic: overenthusiastically/unenthusiastic: unenthusiastically USAGE EXAMPLESLescay is passionately and enthusiastically involved in many areas of the cultural life of Cuba and more broadly of the surrounding Caribbean. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) Sorry, but this wasn’t the game that will get me all giddy about the Seahawks’ fortunes, or wax enthusiastically about their glorious return to form. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) For the first time in recent memory, the bluff was officially called on the city’s poor planning and misleading rhetoric as it enthusiastically boosts development. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adv with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner they discussed the question enthusiastically Ant unenthusiastically without enthusiasm; showing no enthusiasm 2adv in a lavish or enthusiastic manner Syn sky-high |
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