keening

英 [ˈkiːnɪŋ] 美 [ˈkiːnɪŋ]

v.  (为死者)恸哭，哀号
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  1. ADJ-GRADED 渴望的；热切的；热衷的
    If you are keen on doing something, you very much want to do it. If you are keen that something should happen, you very much want it to happen.
    1. You're not keen on going, are you?...
      你不太想去，是吗？
    2. Both companies were keen on a merger...
      两家公司都很想合并。
    3. I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia...
      我热切地希望欧盟尽可能开放与俄罗斯的贸易。
    4. She's still keen to keep in touch...
      她仍旧很愿意保持联系。
    5. I am not keen for her to have a bicycle.
      我不太放心她有辆自行车。
  2. ADJ-GRADED （对…）喜爱的，满怀热情的
    If you are keen on something, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it.
    1. I got quite keen on the idea...
      我对这个想法燃起了极大的热情。
    2. I wasn't too keen on physics and chemistry.
      我对物理和化学不是太感喜爱。
  3. ADJ-GRADED (对某一活动)热情的，热心的
    You use keen to indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it.
    1. She was a keen amateur photographer.
      她是业余摄影爱好者。
  4. ADJ-GRADED (人)生性热情的，兴趣广博的
    If you describe someone as keen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do.
    1. He's a very keen student and works very hard...
      他是个很好学的学生，学习非常努力。
    2. You're all very keen.
      你们都很热心。
  5. ADJ-GRADED （兴趣或感情）浓厚的，强烈的
    A keen interest or emotion is one that is very intense.
    1. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
      他对那项工作的进展一直很关心。
    2. ...his keen sense of loyalty.
      他强烈的忠诚感
  6. ADJ-GRADED （支持）热情的，积极的
    If you are a keen supporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically.
    1. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life...
      他一生都是工党的热情拥护者。
    2. He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
      他是“停车再换乘”计划的热情拥护者。
  7. ADJ-GRADED 思维敏捷的；机灵的；机智的
    If you say that someone has a keen mind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them.
    1. They described him as a man of keen intellect...
      他们把他描述成一个才思敏捷的人。
    2. Mr Walsh has a keen appreciation of the priorities of the electorate...
      沃尔什先生深刻理解选民最为关注的事项。
    3. I can see you have a keen sense of humour.
      我能看出你极具幽默感。
  8. ADJ-GRADED （目光或听觉）灵敏的，敏锐的
    If you have a keen eye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect.
    1. ...an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail...
      对细节非常敏感的业余画家
    2. Brand's keen ear caught the trace of an accent.
      布兰德敏锐的耳朵听出了口音。
  9. ADJ-GRADED （对某人）倾心的,迷恋的
    If you are keen on someone, you find them sexually attractive and want to get to know them better.
    1. Mick has always been very keen on Carla.
      米克一直迷恋卡拉。
  10. ADJ-GRADED （战斗或竞争）激烈的，紧张的
    A keen fight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win.
    1. There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections.
      预计地方选举的竞争会非常激烈。
  11. ADJ-GRADED （价格）低廉的，有竞争力的
    Keen prices are low and competitive.
    1. The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers.
      该公司通过讨价还价从供货商那里拿到了很低的价格。
  12. VERB （为死者）恸哭，哀号
    If someone keens, they cry out or make sounds to express their sorrow at someone's death.
    1. He tossed back his head and keened...
      他仰天恸哭起来。
    2. Someone was making a low, keening noise.
      有人正在低声哀泣。
  13. PHRASE 对…十分热衷；对…非常热情
    If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
    1. So you're not mad keen on science then?...
      那么你对科学并不是太感兴趣了？
    2. She was mad keen to go.
      她非常想去。
    3. ...a mad keen golfer.
      高尔夫发烧友
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双语例句

  1. Someone was making a low, keening noise.
    有人正在低声哀泣。
  2. Feel the rush of the wind against your skin and hear her keening cry in your ears.
    用你的肌肤感受风的冲撞，用你的耳朵倾听她的高歌，仔细聆听她的呼唤吧！
  3. The human ear appears most sensitive to the sound of keening.
    人类的耳朵对恸哭的声音最为敏感。
  4. He heard his employees keening and wailing over lost data.
    他听到雇员们因为数据丢失呛天呼地。
  5. It is the wild Irish women keening over their dead ( George A. Lawrence).
    是那些放荡的爱尔兰妇女在为她们的死者恸哭（乔治A.劳伦斯）。
  6. The women sat around the coffin keening loudly.
    女人们围坐在棺材旁高声恸哭。
  7. When the winds blew through the holes, the rocks emitted an eerie keening sound, like a dirge of lost souls.
    每当海风吹过这些洞孔，岩石就发出一种可怕而强烈的声音，就象是为遭了难的灵魂唱挽歌。
  8. Now there was only one thing for them to expect: her keening.
    他们只有期待着她的哭泣了。
  9. The keening had begun. A group of people knelt down in front of the coffin and began to cry one after another.
    哭丧开始，一群人跪在死者的灵柩前，此起彼伏地哭起来。
  10. Fodder security? the green produce is the key keening the chicken trade.
    绿色、安全、高效是养鸡业持续发展的关键。
  11. Along with science and technology are developing rapidly, and the rapid development of Internet technology, more and more college students begin to enter net world, keening on network communication which has become an important part of college life.
    随着科学技术日新月异，网络技术迅猛发展，越来越多的大学生开始进入网络世界，热衷于网络交往，网络交往已经成为大学生生活的重要组成部分。
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