替代寫法

詞源

來自古希臘語 (zêlos, “熱心、戒備”)，來自 (zēlóō, “競爭，嫉妒”)。的同源對似詞。

發音

• (英國，美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈzɛl.əs/

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• 韻部：-ɛləs
• 斷字：zeal‧ous

形容詞

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1. 熱心的；熱烈的，熱衷的
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   • 1896, , A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, 2004版，頁號 122:

     Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.

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   • 1940, Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940，頁號 61:

     […] and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.

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   • 2011 April 4, “Newt Gingrich”, 出自 Time, retrieved 9 Sept 2013:

     Newt Gingrich […] left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.

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