zealous

adjective
🔊/ˈzeləs/
🔊/ˈzeləs/
(formal)
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  1. showing great energy and enthusiasm for something, especially because you feel strongly about it热情的;热烈的;充满激情的
    • a zealous reformer充满激情的改革者
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from a medieval Latin derivative of Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.