Translations for „keen“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

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keen [kiːn] ADJ

1. keen:

keen

锐利的 ruìlìde

keen

刺人的 cìrénde

2. keen:

keen

强烈的 qiángliède

keen

激烈的 jīliède

keen competition in business

激烈的商业竞争

3. keen:

keen

敏锐的 mǐnruìde

keen

敏捷的 mǐnjiéde

a keen mind

敏锐的头脑

4. keen (on):

keen

渴望的 kěwàngde

keen

热心的 rèxīnde

I'm keen on swimming.

我很喜欢游泳。

▶ keenly ADV

Usage examples with keen

keen competition in business

激烈的商业竞争

I'm keen on swimming.

我很喜欢游泳。

a keen mind

敏锐的头脑

a man of keen observation

观察力敏锐的人

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He had a keen interest in photography and cinematography, and performed early experiments of color film, microcinematography and stereoscopic film.

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He has an unrelenting work ethic and a keen sense for business, which he has used to grow the family business substantially.

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Their keen eyesight and ability to see great distances made them excellent watchdogs.

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The duty-conscious jailor is only keen on nabbing him.

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He was blue-eyed and keen-eyed and ruddy-cheeked with thick lustrous hair, blond and well-combed.

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He has a keen sense of physical beauty in woman, and his verse is replete with suppressed passion, but he never sinks to sensuality.

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She was considered to be brilliant, charming, driven, elegant, forthright, and graceful with a keen wit and a lively, opinionated, and passionate personality.

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At the turn for home a group of spectators, keen to get a good view, had encroached onto the course without realising.

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He was a keen musician, poet and yachtsman.

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Investigating and keen to head off accusations of demonic possession, the protagonists discover and explore a labyrinthine library in the abbey's forbidden principal tower.

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