詞彙精選：zeal的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
熱情；熱心；熱誠 [U,C]
例句：
He put in for me with a zeal that was quite apostolic.
他還替我禱告了呢，虔誠得就跟個聖徒一樣。
例句：
He affected great zeal to do this.
他假裝熱心要做這事。
二、詞義辨析：
zeal,enthusiasm
這兩個名詞均含“熱情”之意。zeal通常指爲實現嚮往的事業或爲達到所追求的目標而積極投身到實踐活動中所表現出來的熱情。enthusiasm側重指比較理智的熱情，如對人對事的欽佩或爲了事業或目的等所表現出的追求與忠誠。
三、參考例句：
Zeal is wanting in him.
他缺乏熱情。
Zeal without knowledge is fanaticism.
無知的熱情就是盲目的狂熱。
He affected great zeal to do this.
他假裝熱心要做這事。
He shows great zeal for knowledge.
他滿腔熱忱地追求知識。
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
[諺]熱情而無知， 猶如無光之火。
She showed great zeal for her work.
她對工作表現出極大的熱忱。
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway.
沒有知識的熱情猶如脫繮野馬。
German zeal for political union is much reduced.
德國對於政治聯盟的熱情已大不如前。
She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
她對於向大衆傳播文化有着滿腔的熱忱。
Worldly people chant the name of God, but there is no zeal behind it.
世人唱着神的聖名，卻沒有了熱誠。
