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

• And saintly men, who walk with God on earth, would fain be away, to walk with Him on the golden pavements of the New Jerusalem.
  在人世间和上帝同行的圣人们，都会欣然随他而去，定在新耶路撤冷的黄金铺路上的。
• We made her stop: she'd fain have ridden forwards, afeard you should be uneasy.
  是我们叫她停下来的。她想骑马向前去，又怕你不放心。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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；
• Fain would we await the time when due respect shall be paid to our art and ideals.
  我们将欣然等待我们的艺术与理想得到应有尊重的那一天。
• The prime minister himself would fain wait upon him at breakfast.
  首相很乐意亲自伺候他吃早餐。
• 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。
• 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？
• And I fain would have you remember me as a beginning.
  我愿你们将我记做是一个起点。