英和和英

読み方 ねっしん

名詞

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Zeal; enthusiasm; ardour; fervour; warmth; eagerness; earnestness; passion; devotion; interest:（=な） zealous （officer）; enthusiastic （welcome）; ardent （lover of art）; fervent （prayer）; warm, hearty, cordial （reception）; eager （desire）; earnest （endeavour）; passionate （love of music）; devoted （follower）; devout （Christian）; interested, attentive （listener）; assiduous, strenuous （worker）; keen （sportsman）; close （attention or application）; devoted to （one's profession）; bent on （gain）; intent on （one's studies）; keen on （games）; mad on （baseball）:（=に） zealously; enthusiastically; ardently; fervently; warmly; eagerly; earnestly; passionately; in earnest; with a will:（=する） to enthuse over （a project）; to take interest in （educational affairs）; to fling oneself into （books）; to go, heart and soul, into （a scheme, etc.）

用例

• 彼の熱心は感ずるに余りあり
  His zeal is above commendation.

• 彼がつまらぬことに熱心するのは惜しいものだ
  His zeal is worthy of a better cause.
• 彼の熱心は狂気に近い
  His zeal borders on madness.
• 熱心のあまり用心を忘れてはならぬ
  You must not forget your caution in the excess of your zeal―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Your zeal must not outrun your caution.

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用例

• 彼は学問に熱心だ
  He is an enthusiastic lover of learning.

• 日本の学生は学問に熱心だ
  Japanese students are eager to learn―eager for knowledge―intent on their studies.
• あの人は金儲けに熱心だ
  He is bent on gain
  His heart is set on riches.
• 彼は芸道に熱心だ
  He is an ardent lover of art―an enthusiastic lover of art.
• 音楽に熱心だ
  He has a passion for music
  He is a passionate lover of music.
• 運動に熱心だ
  He is keen on outdoor sports
  He is an ardent lover of outdoor sports.
• 銃猟に熱心だ
  He is a keen hand at shooting―a keen sportsman.
• 学事に熱心だ
  He takes an interest in educational matters.
• 職務に熱心だ
  He is zealous in his duties―devoted to his duties―intent upon his duties.
• 専門に熱心だ
  He is devoted to his profession―enthusiastic in his profession.
• 民主主義に熱心だ
  He is a warm advocate of democracy―a zealous advocate of democracy.
• 先生達は授業に熱心だ
  The teachers are enthusiastic in their work
  They put their heart into their work
  Their heart is in their work.

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用例

• 熱心な歓迎
  an enthusiastic welcome
  a warm reception
  a hearty reception
  a cordial reception

• 熱心な愛情
  an ardent passion
• 熱心な祈り
  a fervent prayer
• 熱心な願望
  an eager desire
  an earnest desire
  an ardent desire
• 熱心な信者
  a devout Christian
• 熱心な門下生
  devoted followers
• 熱心な聴衆
  an interested audience
  an attentive audience
• 熱心な働き手
  an earnest worker
  an assiduous worker
  a strenuous worker
• 熱心な銃猟家
  a keen sportsman
  a keen hand
• 熱心な先生
  a zealous teacher
  an enthusiastic teacher
• 熱心な学生
  an eager student
  an earnest student
• 熱心な改革者
  a zealous reformer
  a zealous advocate of reform

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用例

• 彼は熱心に働く
  He goes about his work in earnest
  He works with a will
  He puts his heart into his work
  His heart is in his work.

• 熱心に強勉する
  He is intent on his studies
  He sits close to his studies.
• 彼は三年の間熱心に英語を研究した
  He devoted himself to the study of English―applied himself closely to the study of English―for three years.
• 先生達は熱心に授業する
  The teachers put their heart into their work.
• 生徒にわからせようと熱心に努める
  They earnestly endeavour to make the students understand.
• 僕は熱心に彼の非を説いた
  I earnestly reasoned with him on his folly.
• 彼は熱心に学者になることを望んでいる
  He eagerly desires to make himself a scholar.
• 熱心に講義を聞いている
  He listens to he lecture with attention―with close attention.
• 熱心に本を読む
  He pores over books.
• 彼らは熱心に彼を賞めている
  They are warm in his praises―loud in his praises.
• 彼らは終夜熱心に祈った
  They prayed fervently all night.
• 彼を熱心に歓迎した
  We welcomed him with enthusiasm―accorded him a warm welcome.
• 彼は熱心に主人に仕える
  He serves his master with devotion.
• 彼は熱心に学校のために尽している
  He serves, the school with zeal.
• 彼は（青年ならば）いかにも青年らしき熱心をもって、（老人ならば）あたかも青年の如き熱心をもって事業に従事した
  He engaged in the undertaking with all the ardour of youth.

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用例

• 彼は事業に熱心している
  He enthuses over his work.

• 身体の弱い少年は往々学問に熱心する
  Boys of a weak constitution will fling himself into books.
• 彼は何事にも熱心する質だ
  He will go, heart and soul, into any scheme.
• 金儲けに熱心している
  He is bent on gain.
• 自動車に熱心して居る
  He is mad on motoring.

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用例

• 彼は熱心が無い
  He lacks enthusiasm
  He is wanting in zeal.

• 彼は仕事に熱心が無い
  He has no heart for his work.
• 熱心を冷ます
  to cool one's ardour―damp one's ardour
• じきに熱心が冷める
  He was soon cool in his ardour―cool in his enthusiasm.