Word · Frequency #11139
zeal
热忱；热情；热衷
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
- 1.
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
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
- 2.
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
热情；热忱
- 3.
A group of zebras.
一群斑马
- 4.
excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end
狂热；过度热忱
- 5.
prompt willingness
欣然；热切
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；热情；热忱；一群斑马；狂热；过度热忱；欣然；热切
In use
Her zeal for environmental protection inspired the whole team.
He approached his new job with so much zeal that everyone noticed.
The young teacher's zeal for teaching made her classes lively.
he felt a kind of religious zeal
he had an absolute zeal for litigation
they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
zeal for sth
She showed great zeal for the project.
她对那个项目表现出极大的热忱。
zeal in doing sth
Connections
Collocations
- religious zeal
- 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。
- revolutionary zeal
- 革命热情
- The crowd marched with revolutionary zeal.人群带着革命热情游行。
- missionary zeal
- 传道热忱
- She pursued her project with missionary zeal.她以传道热忱推进她的项目。
- zeal for learning
- 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。
- excessive zeal
- 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。
- youthful zeal
Learner notes
Memory Tip
zeal 以 Z 开头，Z 如闪电；联想为理想沸腾的强烈热情。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.