Keenness

(n.) The quality or state of being keen.

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• Her presence filled him with keenness and excitement, he gravitated cunningly towards her, as if she had some unseen force of attraction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They are used chiefly in the sport of coursing, a work for which their peculiar shape, strength, keenness of sight and speed make them exceedingly well fitted. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• With the healthy shame of a child, she blamed herself for her keenness of sight, in perceiving that all was not as it should be there. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• This struck her as a clumsy evasion, and the thought gave a flash of keenness to her answer. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It might have been keenness, but it looked remarkably like misery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Often this keenness for new ideas led him into trouble with his employers; occasionally it was of real service. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Oh the first manifestation of the unusual phenomena in November, 1875, Edison's keenness of perception led him at once to believe that he had discovered a new force. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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