fain

英 [feɪn]

美 [feɪn]

adv.  欣然; 乐意地

BNC.49172 / COCA.31712

牛津词典

adv.

• 欣然；乐意地
  willingly or with pleasure
  1. I would fain do as you ask.
     听候你的吩咐。

英英释义

adj

• having made preparations
  1. prepared to take risks
  Synonym:disposed(p)inclined(p)prepared

adv

• in a willing manner
  1. this was gladly agreed to
  2. I would fain do it
  Synonym:gladlylief

双语例句

• I would fain know by whom an American is represented here.
  我很想知道谁在这里代表亚美利加人？
• Can I remain friendly to those who thus maimed me and would fain have taken my life also?
  他们这样残害我，恨不得要我的命，我还能和他们友好吗？
• He rolled off his horse so ignobly and funnily, that even the ambassador was fain to burst out.
  他狼狈而可笑地从马上滚翻下来，甚至使得大使也不由得放声大笑。
• For I'm weary wi'hunting, and fain wald lie down.
  我打猎太累了，只想舒服地躺躺。
• As we walked home, I would fain have enlightened my charge on the characters of the people we had quitted; but she got it into her head that I was prejudiced against them.
  在我们走回来的时候，我真想谈谈我们刚离开的这些人的性格，以此来开导开导我所照顾的人；可是她已经有了成见，反倒说我对他们有偏见了。
• Is not remorse the justice which is administered by that very law which you would fain serve?
  难道悔恨不正是你们所侍奉的法律实施的公正？
• And I fain would have you sing it with fullness of heart; yet I would not have you lose your hearts in the singing.
  我祈愿你全心去唱它；然而却不愿你们在歌唱之中迷失了灵魂。
• I would fain stay at home.
  我真乐意呆在家里。
• But, to all these shadowy beings, so long our near acquaintances, as well Roger Chillingworth as his companions, we would fain be merciful.
  然而，对于所有这些阴影式的人物，只要是我们的熟人不管是罗杰齐灵渥斯，抑或是他的伙伴，我们还不得不显示点仁慈。
• I would fain say something, not so much concerning the Chinese and Sandwich Islanders as you who read these pages, who are said to live in New England;
  我愿意民谈及的这些事，与中国和三维治岛居民并无多大关联，而与你们这些读者&据说是居住在新英格兰的人却关联很大；