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。
• The prime minister himself would fain wait upon him at breakfast.
  首相很乐意亲自伺候他吃早餐。
• And I fain would have you remember me as a beginning.
  我愿你们将我记做是一个起点。
• God gave for baptism, I am fain to drink.
  洗礼的恩典，我畅饮着圣水甘泉，它是。
• 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 stay at home.
  我真乐意呆在家里。
• 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？
• 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；
• I am so weary of this place; and I would fain be at home.
  我在这里无聊极了；我真想回家。
• 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。