voracious
[və'reiʃəs]
adj.狼吞虎咽的, 贪婪的, 贪吃的, 求知欲强的
例句与用法:
A voracious reader.
如饥似渴的读者
Indulging in something, such as an activity, to excess; voracious.
沉溺于过分沉溺于某物的,如活动; 贪婪的
词形变化:
副词: voraciously | 名词: voracity |
a.
狼吞虎咽的; 贪婪的
voracious
词形变化:
副词: voraciously | 名词: voracity |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.狼吞虎咽的; 贪婪的
ravenous
greedy
piggish
hoggish
gluttonous
同义参见:
hungry
voracious[vɔ'reiʃəs]adj.1.■贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的;饮食过度的2.■非常渴望的;难满足的;贪婪的
[vəˈreɪʃəs]
adjective
- wanting or devouring great quantities of food
胃口大的;贪吃的,狼吞虎咽的
he had a voracious appetite.
他的胃口很大。
■having a very eager approach to an activity
饥渴的,渴求的
his voracious reading of literature.
他对文学作品如饥似渴的阅读。
voraciously
adverb
voraciousness
noun
voracity
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent.: from Latin vorax, vorac- (from vorare 'devour') + -ious
voracious
形容词 voracious:
excessively greedy and grasping
devouring or craving food in great quantities
同义词:edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish
voracious
■His flesh was set before that voracious, gaping dragon as bait to provoke him: flesh that would be deadly for the dragon, for it would utterly destroy him by the power of the Godhead hidden within it.
祂愿意提供祂的肉体作为饵,去诱使那贪得无厌的毒龙来吞吃牠所渴求的食物。这肉体为毒龙成为致命的毒药,藉著在祂内隐藏的天主性的能力能完全毁灭毒龙。
■any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
魣属的海生鱼,圆柱形细长身体,大嘴,颚突出,牙齿坚固
■any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth.
魣属的海生鱼,圆柱形细长身体,大嘴,颚突出,牙齿坚固。
■4. any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth.
魣属的海生鱼,圆柱形细长身体,大嘴,颚突出,牙齿坚固。收藏指正
■The 1970s and 1980s saw hundreds of reports documenting dips in cancer rates of relatively voracious veggie eaters.
80年代有好几百份报告,初步记录了饥肠辘辘的素食者罹患癌症的机率。
■Not only is NGC 6240 wracked by star formation, it is cursed with one of the most voracious black holes in the nearby universe.
NGC6240不仅受到恒星形成的折磨,它也受到邻近宇宙中最贪吃的黑洞所诅咒。
■Phanerochaete chrysosporium: A Wood-Degrading Fungus with a Voracious Appetite
Phanerochaete chrysosporium白色腐败菌:胃口非常好的木质降解真菌
■The Virago's greatest drawback was its voracious power requirements.
“泼妇”号最大的缺点就是其巨大的能量消耗。
■A small town, desperate to recover from hard economic times, is under threat when voracious Snakehead fish mutate and survive previous lake chemical poisonings.
一个为从经济危机中恢复而铤而走险的小镇,时下正处于在化学有毒物质污染的湖泊中幸存下来,突变的凶残的黑鱼威胁下。
■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
■4.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。
■a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
一个如饥似渴地寻求事实的男孩
■A study of 7, 841 Harvard male graduates found that chocolate and candy eaters--regardless of how voracious their appetite for goodies--live almost a year longer than those who abstain.
一份对哈佛大学毕业的7841位男生的调查表明,食用巧克力及糖果的人,无论他们爱吃的程度如何,都比不食用者几乎多活一年。
■But his mother taught him to read early, and he became a voracious reader.
不过他母亲很早就教他读书,他成为一个如饥似渴的读者。
■Sometimes, though, it seems like the voracious reptiles don't think before they snack.This particular snake isn't the first python to get a tough lesson in the dangers of swallowing oversize prey.
不过,有些时候,这些贪婪的家伙在就餐前根本不计后果,这已经不是第一条因此受到惩罚的蟒蛇了。
■The world's voracious appetite for steel shows little sign of easing.
世界各国对钢材的巨大需求目前并无退潮的迹象。
■China continues is voracious consumption.
中国持续保持高消费量。
■Voracious demand from China, which accounts for almost half of global imports, is a key factor behind the decline in inventories.
中国的大豆进口量占全球的近一半,这种贪婪的需求是全球库存下降的一个关键因素。
■"China's rapidly increasing imports, which jumped 40% to US$413 billion last year, reflect a voracious appetite."
中国的进口飞速增加,去年就增长了40%,达到了四千一百三十亿美元,显示了她超强的购买力。
■She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories
什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌。
■TODAY'S business leaders are voracious consumers of management advice.
今天的商业领导如饥似渴地寻求管理忠告。
■So voracious is their demand for raw materials that the supply is not enough to go round
他们饥不择食地需要原始资料,而资料却少得可怜,不能满足每一个人的要求。
■He was a voracious reader of the translations of Eastern religious works.
他如饥似渴地阅读东方宗教著作的译本。
■He is a voracious reader.
他是个如饥似渴的读者
■He is a voracious person. He wants to steal love from the girls all around the world.
他是个贪心的家伙,他想要赢得全世界少女的爱。
■He's a gifted scorer, a voracious rebounder, and a defensive presence who alters shots and intimidates offensive players.
他能改变对手的投篮,击溃对手的进攻。
■He had the look of a man who could smell red meat, a ravenous, voracious manner as he collected his scalp
他那样活象一个闻到牛肉味就要扑上去大嚼一顿的人,其贪得无厌的神态就象他搜集战利品一样。
■voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
任一种蛇形的淡水鱼,体表光滑无鳞,有连续的垂直背鳍,缺少腹鳍
■voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins.
任一种蛇形的淡水鱼,体表光滑无鳞,有连续的垂直背鳍,缺少腹鳍。
■Still, power and a notoriously voracious appetite do not necessarily make the piraiba a river monster prone to attacking and preying on live humans.
但是,其力量和狼吞虎咽的胃口并不能使皮拉鲇成为意图袭击人类的河中猛兽。
■But a big government push, focused on jobs, may represent the best chance in years for renewable energy and energy efficiency to take root in the U.S., a voracious energy consumer.
但有了政府出于创造就业岗位目的的大力推动,可再生能源和节能事业可能多年来终于迎来了一次在美国这一能源消费大国站稳脚跟的绝佳机会。
■Among fishermen, Spaniards have a reputation for being the most voracious consumers of marine life
作为选用拖捞网的渔民,西班牙人拥有海底生命最贪婪消费者的名声。
■You're mentally voracious around Wednesday and Thursday, and you'd best have something for that busy mind to chew on!
你心理上狼吞虎咽在星期三左右和星期四,和你有最好有某事让那忙碌的思想咀嚼在!
■If voracious, a few minutes eat meal, full centre has not enough time to issue signal (need) 20 minutes commonly, with respect to meeting overeat.
假如狼吞虎咽,几分钟就把饭菜吃完了,饱中枢来不及发出信号(一般需20分钟),就会吃过量了。
■A big reason for this is a huge public sector, which keeps interest rates high and has only grown more voracious under Lula.
其中很大的一个原因就是庞大的公共部门,使得利率维持在较高水平,并且在卢拉政府下已经变得除了越发贪婪外一无是处。
■Gains come to other commodity exporters, as well.Among them are Australia and New Zealand and the oil exporters, which now possess a voracious market in the decades ahead.
其他一些初级产品出口国,如澳大利亚、新西兰及石油出口国,不仅目前获利非浅,而且还在未来几十年内拥有了一个庞大、稳定的市场。
■and vouchsafing the violently vicious,and voracious violation of volition.
决心铲除那些腐化堕落的毒虫,他们还是作恶的先锋,
■Always the quick study, Kalt felt called to the Conflux where he could feed his voracious appitite for learning new and different things.
凯尔特对新生事物非常好奇,他加入元素城是为了对之进行更好的研究。
■It is found in tropical and temperate regions of all oceans and is noted for its voracious appetite.
分布于各大洋热带及温带区。食量大。
■People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals said that while Lionel Richie's adopted daughter doesn't look as though she eats lots of meat, she is a voracious wearer of animals.
动物保护组织“动物人道主义协会”说,歌王莱昂内尔·奇的这个养女尽管看上去不像很爱吃肉,但对动物皮毛衣物却情有独钟。
■People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals said that while Lionel Richie's adopted daughter does not look as though she eats lots of meat, she is a voracious wearer of animals.
动物保护组织“动物人道主义协会”说,歌王莱昂内尔·里奇的这个养女尽管看上去不像很爱吃肉,但对动物皮毛衣物却情有独钟。
■voracious pisciverous pike of waters of northern hemisphere
北半球水域中多种以小鱼为食的梭鱼
■voracious pisciverous pike of waters of northern hemisphere.
北半球水域中多种以小鱼为食的梭鱼。
■Lula's own party resists such measures, and he may be even more at the mercy of his Congressional allies' voracious appetite for public money.
卢拉自己的党派对这些改革很抵触,而他自己可能在议会同党对公共财产的贪婪面前睁一眼闭一眼。
■Both adult ladybugs and their larvae are voracious eaters of aphids, scale insects, and another plant pests.
参考译文:冰山一般是白色、蓝色或者绿色的,尽管有些是黑色的,那是因为有岩石材料夹杂在里面。
■Both adult ladybugstheir larvae are voracious eaters of aphids, scale insects,another plant pests.
参考译文:冰山是白色、蓝色绿色的,有些是黑色的,那是有岩石材料夹杂在里面。
■In the following sections, we examine the alternative ways to satisfy our voracious demand for energy.
在以下部分中,我们审查可供替代选择的方式以满足我们难以满足的能源需求。
■Its economy has boomed over the past decade thanks in part to China's voracious appetite for raw materials, which Australia is only too happy to provide.
在过去十年,部分由于中国对原材料的贪婪胃口,澳大利亚的经济蓬勃发展。
■Am I not a discord In the heavenly symphony, Thanks to voracious Irony Who shakes me and who bites me?
在这神圣的交响曲中,我没有变成一个杂音,是因为那贪得无厌的冷嘲将我又摇又咬?
■Either of two species of tiny mussels (genus Dreissena... The voracious mussels disrupt food webs by wiping out phytoplankton...
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