【新GRE词汇：alacrity】alacrity
alacrity
1) promptness in response : cheerful readiness
2) cheerful willingness; eagerness; eager and enthusiastic willingness
3) speed or quickness; celerity.
4) eager and cheerful readiness
5) (n.) eager readiness or speed
6) liveliness
alacrity <> sluggishness, hesitance, reluctance
He replied to the invitation with alacrity; he was eager for the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico.
Synonyms: liveliness, promptness, willingness c
【考法1】 n. 反应迅速，乐意： promptness in response : cheerful readiness
【例】 accepted the invitation with alacrity 欣喜地接受了邀请
【近】 amenability, gameness, obligingness, willingness
【反】 dilatoriness, hesitance and reluctance 拖延，犹豫和不情愿
The manager was so impressed by the worker’s alacrity; he suggested a promotion.
On the first day of her new job, the recent college graduate was able to leave early after completing all of her tasks with alacrity.
alacrity ------ liveliness and eagerness
alacrity ------ cheerful promptness without reluctance
alacrity ----- eager and enthusiastic willingness
alacrity ------cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
alacrity ------ cheerful promptness; eagerness
Alacrity ---- (n) Promptness, cheerful readiness.
alacrity a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
Alacrity ----- N. eager & enthusiastic willingness
alacrity ----- liveliness; willingness; eagerness
Alacrity ----- speed or quickness
Alacrity ----- speed or quickness
*Alacrity - Eager to say "at last in the city!"
alacrity (n) ---- at last in the city, I will do ANYTHING!! Eager and enthusiastic willingness.
alacrity ------Someone with alacrity shows cheerful willingness and eager behavior, like a kid whose mother has told him he can buy anything in a candy store. While the noun alacrity normally refers to someone’s peppy behavior, it can also describe a certain mood or tempo of a musical composition, indicating how the music should be played. Alacrity comes from the Latin alacritas, and the Italian musical term allegro is a near relation.
noun - Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
noun - Speed or quickness; celerity.
synonym - haste, enthusiasm, celerity, avidity, willingness, sprightliness, swiftness, promptness