Alertness
[ə'lɜːtnəs] or [ə'lɝtnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) lively attentiveness.
(noun.) a state of readiness to respond; 'alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG'.
校對:马奇--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
手打:瓦内萨
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Watchfulness, vigilance, circumspection, wariness.[2]. Activity, agility, nimbleness, briskness, smartness, sprightliness, quickness, spryness, promptness, readiness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Sherman had on this campaign some bright, wide-awake division and brigade commanders whose alertness added a host to the efficiency of his command. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Vigor, endurance, and mental alertness are bought by hygienic living; that is, by proper food, fresh air, exercise, cleanliness, and reasonable hours. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Jane's alertness in moving, proved her as ready as her aunt had preconceived. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The redundancy of his alertness was half-vexing, half-ludicrous: in my mind I both disapproved and derided most of this fuss. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He was very good-looking and self-contained, but his air of soldierly alertness was rather irritating. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Cheerfulness and alertness seemed to return to him, and a quietness which no insult or injury could ruffle seemed to possess him. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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