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

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningravenouswolfish
• excessively greedy and grasping
  1. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
  2. ravening creditors
  3. paying taxes to voracious governments
  Synonym:rapaciousravening

双语例句

• Despite his best attempts, he remains a regular and voracious programmer on many platforms and numerous environments.
  尽管已经尽了最大的努力，但他仍是一名工作于很多平台和多种环境中的普通而且好学的程序员。
• Extremely hungry; voracious. He ate with the voracity of a starving man.
  极饿的饿极而贪吃的他饿鬼似的贪婪地吃着。
• Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
  约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
• Coyotes have a voracious reputation here.
  土狼在这里有着贪婪的名声。
• 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。
• Since then, finance, like a never-ending, unscrupulously voracious vampire, changes into a manically wealth accumulator.
  从那时起，金融就像一个永不休止、贪婪无度的“吸血鬼”，变成了一部疯狂敛财的机器。
• 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。
• After swimming, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
  游完泳后，我发现我的食欲大增。
• One day, the voracious bookworm came across a copy of the Chinese labour law.
  有一天，这只如饥似渴的书虫偶然翻到了一本中国《劳动法》。
• A rapacious divorcee on the prowl; ravening creditors; paying taxes to voracious governments.
  一个四处徘徊的贪婪的离婚者；贪婪的债主；交税给贪婪的政府。