一、详细释义：
n.
热情；热心；热诚 [U,C]
例句：
He put in for me with a zeal that was quite apostolic.
他还替我祷告了呢，虔诚得就跟个圣徒一样。
例句：
He affected great zeal to do this.
他假装热心要做这事。
二、词义辨析：
zeal,enthusiasm
这两个名词均含“热情”之意。zeal通常指为实现向往的事业或为达到所追求的目标而积极投身到实践活动中所表现出来的热情。enthusiasm侧重指比较理智的热情，如对人对事的钦佩或为了事业或目的等所表现出的追求与忠诚。
三、参考例句：
Zeal is wanting in him.
他缺乏热情。
Zeal without knowledge is fanaticism.
无知的热情就是盲目的狂热。
He affected great zeal to do this.
他假装热心要做这事。
He shows great zeal for knowledge.
他满腔热忱地追求知识。
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
[谚]热情而无知， 犹如无光之火。
She showed great zeal for her work.
她对工作表现出极大的热忱。
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway.
没有知识的热情犹如脱缰野马。
German zeal for political union is much reduced.
德国对于政治联盟的热情已大不如前。
She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
她对于向大众传播文化有着满腔的热忱。
Worldly people chant the name of God, but there is no zeal behind it.
世人唱着神的圣名，却没有了热诚。