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zeal for sth
She showed great zeal for the project.
她对那个项目表现出极大的热忱。
热忱；热情；热衷
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热忱；热情；热衷
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
She showed great zeal for the project.
她对那个项目表现出极大的热忱。
对人、事业或理想的热情或不懈的奉献；勤奋的热情；强烈的兴趣
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
热情；热忱
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
一群斑马
A group of zebras.
狂热；过度热忱
excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end
Her zeal for environmental protection inspired the whole team.
她对环境保护的热忱鼓舞了整个团队。
AI contextual example
He approached his new job with so much zeal that everyone noticed.
他满怀热忱地投入新工作，大家都注意到了。
AI contextual example
The young teacher's zeal for teaching made her classes lively.
这位年轻老师对教学的热情使她的课堂生动活泼。
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he felt a kind of religious zeal
他感到一种宗教般的热情
WordNet
She showed great zeal for the project.
她对那个项目表现出极大的热忱。
强调在某个过程中的热忱。
He pursued his goals with zeal in learning new skills.
他怀着热忱学习新技能，追求自己的目标。
作为状语使用，表示方式。
The volunteers worked with zeal to help the community.
志愿者们怀着热忱为社区提供帮助。
Not this
He is zeal about learning English.
Use this
He is zealous about learning English.
“Zeal”是名词，不能用作形容词；应使用其形容词形式“zealous”跟在系动词后。
Not this
She shows great zeal on her work.
Use this
She shows great zeal for her work.
“Zeal”表示“热心”时，介词搭配为“for”，而非“on”。
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宗教热忱
His religious zeal led him to volunteer at the temple every weekend.
他的宗教热忱使他在每个周末都去寺庙做志愿者。
革命热情
The crowd marched with revolutionary zeal.
人群带着革命热情游行。
传道热忱
She pursued her project with missionary zeal.
她以传道热忱推进她的项目。
求知热情
His zeal for learning impressed all his teachers.
他的求知热情给所有老师留下了深刻印象。
过分热心
The official's excessive zeal created more problems than it solved.
这位官员的过分热心造成的问题比解决的还多。
青春热情
They took on the challenge with youthful zeal.
他们带着青春热情迎接挑战。
盲目的热情；缺乏知识的狂热
His zeal without knowledge caused more harm than good.
他热情而无知，造成的损害大于好处。
以皈依者般的狂热；带着新信徒般的热情
She embraced the project with the zeal of a convert.
她以皈依者般的狂热投入这个项目。
过分热心；过度热情
He was criticized for an excess of zeal when enforcing the rules.
他因执行规定时过分热心而受到批评。
没有知识的热情犹如没有光的火。
She threw herself into the volunteer work with such zeal that she inspired everyone around her.
她以极大的热情投入志愿工作，激励了周围的每一个人。
因我为你的殿心里焦急，如同火烧。
His political zeal often made him forget to sleep or eat.
他的政治热情常常使他废寝忘食。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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zeal 以 Z 开头，Z 如闪电；联想为理想沸腾的强烈热情。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲或文章、宗教或政治语境、工作或学习相关讨论 zeal 多用于正式或书面语，表示对事业、理想或人物的强烈热忱与执着。口语中更常使用 enthusiasm 或 passion；在宗教、政治或工作等正式语境中比较常见。
All listed words have the same stressed vowel /iː/ and final /l/, so they rhyme with zeal /zil/. The spelling of /iː/ varies: 'ea' (zeal, meal, deal, seal) and 'ee' (feel, peel, heel). Note that zeal is not pronounced like zealous /ˈzeləs/. Also, real (often spelled 'ea') may be said as /ˈriːəl/ in careful speech, so it is not always a perfect rhyme.
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