zeal: [14] Zeal is closely related to jealousy. It comes via late Latin zēlus from Greek zélos ‘fervour, jealousy’. The medieval Latin derivative zēlōsus has left English a double legacy: zealous [16] and (via Old French) jealous. => jealous
zeal (n.)
"passionate ardor in pursuit of an objective or course of action," late 14c., from Old French zel (Modern French zèle) and directly from Late Latin zelus "zeal, emulation" (source also of Italian zelo, Spanish celo), a Church word, from Greek zelos "ardor, eager rivalry, emulation," "a noble passion" [Liddell & Scott], but also "jealousy;" prom PIE *ya- "to seek, request, desire." From mid-15c. as "devotion."
例文
1. Mr Lopez approached his task with a religious zeal .
ロペスさんは宗教的に熱心に仕事をしています。
2.His reforming zeal was boundless.
彼は改革への情熱が無限である。
3.The reforms were carried out with an almost messianic zeal .
改革は非常に情熱的に行われた。
4.Revolutionary zeal caught them up,and they joined the army.
革命の情熱が彼らを激励し、従軍した。
5.They worked with great zeal to finish the project.