中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.〔古、诗〕乐意的，愿意的。
2.〔古语〕不得不的，勉强的〔仅用作表语〕。
短语和例子
He was fain to submit. 他只好服从。
adv.
〔诗、古〕欣然，乐意〔与 would 连用〕。 I would fain help you. 我乐意帮助你。
int.
〔英学俚〕免除。 Fain(s) I keeping goal! 可别叫我守球门。

in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
同义词：gladly, lief, gladly, lief,

in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
同义词：gladly, lief, gladly, lief,

having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
同义词：disposed, inclined, prepared,

例句与用法

I am so weary of this place; and i would be fain at home .
我在这里无聊极了；我真想回家。

I would fain help you .
我乐意帮助你。

I'd fain have done so, to try and show him we had both been too hasty .
我很想见到他，对他表示我们两人当时都太卤莽了。

He rolled off his horse so ignobly and funnily, that even the ambassador was fain to burst out .
他狼狈而可笑地从马上滚翻下来，甚至使得大使也不由得放声大笑。

The gentleman looked fidging fain to be gone, but submitted in a manner that made mary like him .
那个人心里很焦急，只想早些脱身，可是又不得不敷衍着，那种样子倒叫玛丽很喜欢他。

Reel tunes made my foot go faster, tunes of my own south country made me fain to be home from my adventures .
“黑尔舞”的调子使我的脚步走得更快了，我的南方家乡的调子使我只想回到家乡去，不愿再进行这种历险。

Jeanie would fain have asked more circumstances relating to her sister's departure, but the tone of her father's prohibition was positive .
珍妮很想再问问她妹妹出走的情况，可是她父亲不许再谈这个问题，语气很坚决。

He hath ill neighbours that is fain to praise himself
爱自夸的人没有好邻居。

Men and birds are fain of climbing high
不论人还是鸟都愿意往高处攀。

The soldiers were fain to eat horseflesh
士兵们只好吃马肉。