fain
US /feɪn/
UK /feɪn/
形容詞
樂意的, 情願的
pleased or willing under the circumstances (archaic or literary)
範例:
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I would be fain to help you, if I could.
如果可以的話，我樂意幫助你。
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He was fain to accept the offer.
他樂意接受這個提議。
副詞
樂意地, 情願地
gladly; willingly (archaic or literary)
範例:
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He would fain have gone with them.
他樂意和他們一起去。
•
I would fain know the truth.
我樂意知道真相。