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voracious

英 [vəˈreɪʃəs]

美 [vəˈreɪʃəs]

adj.  饭量大的; 贪吃的; 狼吞虎咽的; (对信息、知识)渴求的; 求知欲强的

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BNC.20904 / COCA.16557

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 饭量大的;贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的
      eating or wanting large amounts of food
      1. a voracious eater
        贪吃的人
      2. to have a voracious appetite
        胃口极大
    • (对信息、知识)渴求的;求知欲强的
      wanting a lot of new information and knowledge
      1. a voracious reader
        求知欲极强的读者
      2. a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
        一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的;渴求的
      If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, asvoracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
      1. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
        约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
      2. ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
        这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求

    英英释义

    adj

    双语例句

    • So imagine their surprise when one day the baby comes to life, and with a voracious appetite!
      意外的是有天这个树桩居然活了并且非常贪吃,胃口大得惊人。
    • China's vast TV audience is the world's biggest, with a voracious demand for programming.
      中国拥有世界最庞大的观众群体,因此国内对于影视题材、演员的需求也非常大。
    • The giant star-forming galaxies and voracious black holes of the universe's past are now moribund.
      过去在宇宙中形成恒星的巨大星系与狼吞虎的黑洞,现在都处于停滞状态。
    • The system's voracious pursuit of power and profit had turned foreign nations into enslaved colonies, and human beings into the playthings of economic forces beyond their control.
      这个体系对权力和利润贪婪的追求把其他国家变成了殖民地,人类进入了经济游戏,可这种力量却超出了他们的控制。
    • China still has a voracious appetite for foreign investment and technology transfer.
      对于外资和技术转移,中国仍然有着浓厚的兴趣。
    • Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
      约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
    • Given their voracious demand for secure fixed income, global investors would fund this at extremely low rates.
      考虑到全球投资者对于安全固定收益证券的贪婪需求,他们会愿意以极低的利率购买这些债券。
    • Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites.
      贪吃的水栖龟,其平展而柔软的壳外还有一层坚韧的表皮;被其咬伤的伤口会很疼。
    • He is also a voracious reader, which is unusual among the monomaniacal engineers of Silicon Valley.
      陈士骏还是个如饥似渴的读者,这在硅谷(siliconvalley)那些有些偏执狂的工程师中并不多见。
    • Trolls are savage, rubbery grey-green skinned giants with a voracious appetite for flesh.
      巨魔都是野蛮的,他们有灰绿色橡胶般的皮肤和对肉类贪婪。