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， quickness， briskness
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