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外刊例句
- George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, is an avid student of the work of Joseph Campbell.
创作《星球大战》的乔治·卢卡斯热衷于研究约瑟夫·坎贝尔的著作。
——《经济学人》 - Miuccia Prada is a fashion designer by profession, but she’s also an art curator, film producer, fledgling architect, conflicted feminist, avid consumer and unreconstructed socialist.
缪西娅·普拉达的职业是时装设计师,但她同时也是一位艺术策展人、电影制片人、初露头角的建筑师、充满矛盾的女权主义者、热切的消费者以及守旧的社会主义者。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something
[形容词] 对某事有着或者表现出强烈的兴趣或热情
深入解读
Avid 是一个与 arid 形似且容易相混淆的单词,可以一并联想记忆。
该词源自拉丁语 avere (热切地渴望),常用 avid for sth 表示对某事物“渴望的、渴求的”,从其同源词汇 avarice (贪得无厌、贪婪)以及 avaricious (贪财的、贪婪的、贪得无厌的)不难看出, avid 多含有贪婪或欲望无尽之义,比如:
- 作为一个嗜财如命的人,他永远不会把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上。
As a man intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth, he will never squander all his money on gambling. - 她已6个月未曾见到他,正望眼欲穿地盼着他的音信。但从我费劲收集到的信息来看,情况不妙。你可能需要硬下心来将坏消息告诉她。
She hadn't seen him for six months and was avid for news. But from what I was able to glean, the news isn't good. You may need to swallow hard and tell her the bad news.
另外,小站在 熟词僻义 | Reader是一个什么职位? 的开头就曾提到过 avid 这个单词,说有的人爱读书孜孜不倦是 an avid reader ,也就是酷爱读书的人。那么这里的 avid 即引申指“热衷的、热爱的、劲头十足的”,比如:
- 该赞助人是一位对艺术活动热心忠实的支持者。
The patron is an avid and staunch supporter of the arts. - 他对这个项目产生了极大的兴趣。
He took an avid interest in the project.
名著用例
He sounded avid. ‘Is it? Is it Harry Potter?’
他听起来充满渴望。“是他吗?是哈利波特吗?”
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第七本《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)。
同近义词
- keen: having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm
- ardent: very enthusiastic or passionate
- fervent: having or displaying a passionate intensity