- zeal (for/in something)
great energy or enthusiasm connected with something that you feel strongly about 热情;激情 her missionary/reforming/religious/political zeal 她的传教士般的/改革/宗教/政治热情
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2He burned with a reforming zeal. 他内心燃烧着改革的热情。 She had a true zeal for journalism. 她对新闻工作怀有真正的热情。 She went about the task with the zeal of an enthusiast. 她以热心支持者的热忱开始做这项工作。 a crusading zeal to eradicate drug abuse 旨在消除滥用毒品的斗争热情 their zeal in the promotion of education 他们对促进教育的热情
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- excessive
- crusading
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- burn with
- have
- show
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- with zeal
- zeal for
- zeal in
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Word Originlate Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek zēlos.