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appetite

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n.食欲,胃口,欲望,爱好

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形容词:appetitive

词根

pet=to fly(飞翔),to seek(寻求)

相关词

craving  desire  hunger    

appetite


/'æpɪtaɪt; `æpə,taɪt/ n
1 [U] physical desire, esp for food or pleasure 肉体的欲望(尤指对食物或享乐); 食欲; 胃口
*When I was ill I completely lost my appetite. 我生病时完全没有食欲.
* Don't spoil your appetite by eating sweets before meals. 饭前不要吃糖以免影响食欲.
* (fig 比喻) He had no appetite for the fight. 他毫无斗志.
2 [C] instance of a natural desire for sth (对某事物的)自然的欲望
*The long walk has given me a good appetite. 走了长路使我食欲大振.
* He has an amazing appetite for hard work. 他出奇地喜爱艰巨的工作.
* a person of gross sexual appetites 性欲旺盛的人.

appetite


n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: apetit, from Latin, past participle of appetere 'to try to get', from ad- 'to' + petere 'to look for']
[C usually singular, U]
a desire for food
 All that walking has given me an appetite for dinner.
 I seem to have lost my appetite lately.
 Symptoms include headaches, tiredness and loss of appetite
 Let's just say he's got a healthy appetite .
spoil/ruin your appetite
 Don't eat that cake now; you'll spoil your appetite.
[C]
a desire or liking for a particular activity
appetite for
 She has an amazing appetite for knowledge.
 People seem to have an insatiable appetite (=always wanting more of something) for news of any kind.
 a loss of sexual appetite
whet sb's appetiteatwhet

appetite


姓名词典:

Aranrhod



性别:女名

使用国家:Welsh, Welsh Mythology



1. He marveled at her prodigious appetite.
    她的食量之大令他吃惊。

2. Similarly, I can give you fluids through a needle in your arm, which will keep you fed as your appetite slips away; the fluids might add a week or two to your life.
    同样,我也可以在你手臂上插上针管,通过它给你输液,这可以让你保持进食,因为你的食欲会渐渐消退;输液可能让你的生命延长一至二周。

3. But a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms.
    而且还带来了寻找乐趣的强烈欲望,那怕是最简单的、最低等的乐趣。

4. I keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms.
    我有一种渴望消遣的强烈欲望,哪怕是一种最简单最朴实的方式。

5. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
    戒烟者通常具有的所有症状我都占全了:脾气暴躁,食欲旺盛。

6. It will whet the appetite.
    这会增强胃口。

7. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
    我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状:脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。

8. In India in the meantime, the entire education system has shifted gears to feed the appetite of the American computer industry.
    在此期间,印度对其整个教育体系进行了调整,以满足美国计算机工业的需要。

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