新GRE词汇：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) 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 workers 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 ---- 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 ---- 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 someones 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