躍起

やっき
desperation
eagerness

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やっき【躍起】

¶ → 躍起になって

¶彼女は支持を得ようと～になるだろう

She'll be eager ［She'll go all out］ to win the support.

¶彼はあの金髪の娘をものにしようと～になっている

He's mad for the blonde.

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やっき【躍起】

●躍起である be excited; be frantic; be enthusiastic.

●躍起で ＝～になって.

●躍起になる be [get, become] excited 《over…》; get [grow] worked up 《over…》; get heated 《about…》; become [get, grow] eager; grow desperate

・躍起になって eagerly; excitedly; frantically; with great zeal

・躍起になって弁明する try to apologize [explain oneself] with heat; speak (up) for oneself one way or the other; fall (all) over oneself to apologize [explain oneself]

・躍起になって反対する be (hell-)bent on opposing sb

・私が躍起になって否定すればするほど人々はそのうわさを信じた. The more frantic [desperate] I became in denying it, the more people believed the rumor.

・彼との仲をからかわれると彼女は躍起になって打ち消そうとした. When people teased her about her relationship with him, she frantically tried to deny there was one.

・彼女は出世の手がかりをつかもうと躍起になっている. She is frantically seeking a foothold toward success.

・同社は新製品の売り込みに躍起になっている. The firm is out to sell new products.

・政府は雇用の確保に躍起になっている. The government is desperately seeking to secure a workforce.

●商店街はあの手この手で客足を取り戻そうと躍起だ. The local shop merchants are desperately trying to bring customers back.

・外交首脳は隣国との関係修復に躍起だ. Top diplomats are eagerly trying to restore relations with neighboring countries.

・首相は相次ぐ疑惑の打ち消しに躍起だ. The prime minister frantically sought to squash one scandal after another.