1. (尤指對(duì)政治或宗教理想)熱情的,充滿激情的,狂熱的 Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time or energy in supporting something that they believe in very strongly, especially a political or religious ideal.
e.g. She was a zealous worker for charitable bodies... 她對(duì)慈善事業(yè)充滿熱忱。 e.g. He was a recent Catholic convert, and very zealous. 他最近才皈依天主教,是一名狂熱的信徒。
zealously Details of its past activities were zealously guarded. 它以往活動(dòng)的詳細(xì)情況被嚴(yán)格保密。