insatiable
美音:
[ın´seıʃəbəl
]英音:
[ın´seıʃəbəl
]adj.不知足的,贪求无厌的
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insatiable为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:insatiably 名词:insatiability
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sat=full(充满的)
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insatiable
/ɪn'seɪʃəbl; ɪn`seʃəbl/
adj ~ (for sth) that cannot be satisfied; very greedy 不能满足的; 极贪心的
*Another cake? You're insatiable! 再来一块蛋糕? 你可真贪得无厌!
* an insatiable appetite, curiosity, desire, thirst (for knowledge), etc 永不满足的食欲、好奇心、欲望、(求知)如渴之欲等
* a politician who is insatiablefor power 权欲心重的政客.
insatiable
adj
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin insatiabilis, from satiare 'to satisfy']
always wanting more and more of something
insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for sth)
his insatiable appetite for power
our insatiable thirst for knowledge
>insatiablyadv
1. His thirst for knowledge was insatiable; he was always in the library. 他渴望知识, 从不知足, 整天地钻在图书馆里。
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