zeal: [14] Zeal is closely related to jealousy. It comes via late Latin zēlus from Greek zélos ‘fervour, jealousy’. The medieval Latin derivative zēlōsus has left English a double legacy: zealous [16] and (via Old French) jealous. => jealous
zeal (n.)
"passionate ardor in pursuit of an objective or course of action," late 14c., from Old French zel (Modern French zèle) and directly from Late Latin zelus "zeal, emulation" (source also of Italian zelo, Spanish celo), a Church word, from Greek zelos "ardor, eager rivalry, emulation," "a noble passion" [Liddell & Scott], but also "jealousy;" prom PIE *ya- "to seek, request, desire." From mid-15c. as "devotion."
雙語例句
1. Mr Lopez approached his task with a religious zeal.
洛佩斯先生以宗教般的熱誠對待工作。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His reforming zeal was boundless.
他對于改革熱情無限。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The reforms were carried out with an almost messianic zeal.
改革是以極大的熱情進行的。
來自《權威詞典》
4. Revolutionary zeal caught them up, and they joined the army.
革命熱情激勵他們, 于是他們從軍了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. They worked with great zeal to finish the project.