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

• They must take a break from their voracious consumption.
  他们那种贪婪的消费必须止步了。
• 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。
• They are only slightly less voracious than adults, who eat their own weight of food every day.
  它们的贪婪程度仅次于每天能吃掉相当于自身体重的食物的成虫。
• 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。
• Local media are covering every aspect of the scare with a voracious appetite.
  当地媒体正在用贪婪的胃口报道这一恐慌的每一方面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• That is because no single sector seems to have had as voracious an appetite for credit as real estate.
  这是因为似乎没有其他哪个行业像房地产业那样，对于信贷有着如此贪婪的需求。