表达想要只会用want吗?
我们的日常生活中,有希望,有愿望,也有渴望。英语中的动词want ,这一个词就可以包含这所有的意思。但是,如何用更加准确的英语来表示渴望呢?
我们一起来看一下China Daily 中最近发布的一篇文章。
China s parents keen to have stronger internet safeguards for children.
中国父母渴望为儿童提供更强大的互联网保障。
在这句话中,短语keen to do sth 意思为“渴望做某事”
Keen means very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) something very much.
例句
All the workers look forward to coming back home earlier, so they keen to start work as soon as possible.
所有的工人期待着早些回家,所以他们渴望尽快开始工作。
I can see from their eyes that they were very keen to get new knowlege by this lesson.
从他们的眼神中可以看出来,他们非常渴望从这节课中得到新的知识。
be keen on
Be keen on =be interested in =be crazy about
这三个短语为同样的意思,都为“对....感兴趣的”。
例句
My younger sister is keen on playing tennis ,so she practices playing tennis three times a week .
我的妹妹热爱打排球,所以她一周练习排球三次。
be dying for/to do sth
This phrase means :to be extremely eager to have or do something
Keen表示渴望,想要而这个短语所表达的欲望是更加强烈的。
'dying'有奄奄一息、濒临死亡之意。在这个短语中,夸张的形容某人想做某事都到了想要死的地步了。
Jenny has been looking for you for nearly four hours .
She s dying to know where you ve been just now.
Jenny 找了你快4个小时了,她极其想知道你去了哪里。
After walking up to the top of the mountain ,I am dying for something delicious to eat.
在爬到山顶后,我太想吃点好吃的了。
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