记忆方法
1. can => keen.
2. can => canny.
3. cunning => can, keen.
4. keen knee: 双膝跪地痛哭、哀悼。
2. can => canny.
3. cunning => can, keen.
4. keen knee: 双膝跪地痛哭、哀悼。
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词族 · keen
中文词源
keen 渴望，热切
来自古英语cene,勇敢的，来自Proto-Germnaic*kan,有能力的，来自PIE*gno,知道，了解，词源同can,know.引申词义渴望的，热切的。
英语词源
- keen
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keen: [OE] The ancestral meaning of keen is ‘brave’. That is what its German and Dutch relatives, kühn and koen, mean, and that is what keen itself meant in the Old English period. But this sense had died out by the 17th century, having been replaced by the meanings familiar today, such as ‘eager’ and ‘sharp’.
- keen (adj.)
- c. 1200, from Old English cene "bold brave," later "clever, wise," from Proto-Germanic *kan- "be able to" (see can). Original prehistoric senses seem to have been both "brave" and "skilled;" cognate with Old Norse kænn "skillful, wise," Middle Dutch coene "bold," Dutch koen, Old High German kuon "pugnacious, strong," German kühn "bold, daring." Sense of "eager" is from mid-14c. The meaning "sharp" is peculiar to English: of blades and edges early 13c., of sounds c. 1400, of eyesight c. 1720. A popular word of approval in teenager and student slang from c. 1900.
- keen (v.)
- "lament," 1811, from Irish caoinim "I weep, wail, lament," from Old Irish coinim "I wail." Related: Keened; keening. As a noun from 1830.
权威例句
- 1. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life.
- 他一生都是工党的热情拥护者。
- 2. We were very keen when the 1954 Rally came round.
- 1954年的集会开始时，我们都非常热切。
- 3. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
- 他对那项工作的进展一直很关心。
- 4. The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.
- 破产事务官想要将这些店铺打包整体出售。
- 5. Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.
- 追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
词语辨析
【sharp, keen, acute, shrewd】
这组词都有“锐利的、敏锐的、机敏的”的意思，其区别是：
sharp: 指人头脑精明、敏锐或机警。
keen: 多指对复杂艰深的事物或问题有敏锐的观察和敏捷的理解。
acute: 侧重感觉敏锐，能分辨出一般人难以觉察的细微区别。
shrewd: 指有头脑，善于判断分析，精明过人。
【anxious, keen, eager】
这组词都有“急切的，渴望的”的意思，其区别是：
anxious: 强调因忧虑、关注或害怕而产生的急切心情。
keen: 强调因兴趣强烈或欲望而急于做某事。
eager: 侧重于急于成功的迫切心情。
这组词都有“锐利的、敏锐的、机敏的”的意思，其区别是：
sharp: 指人头脑精明、敏锐或机警。
keen: 多指对复杂艰深的事物或问题有敏锐的观察和敏捷的理解。
acute: 侧重感觉敏锐，能分辨出一般人难以觉察的细微区别。
shrewd: 指有头脑，善于判断分析，精明过人。
【anxious, keen, eager】
这组词都有“急切的，渴望的”的意思，其区别是：
anxious: 强调因忧虑、关注或害怕而产生的急切心情。
keen: 强调因兴趣强烈或欲望而急于做某事。
eager: 侧重于急于成功的迫切心情。