橘子朗文词典

insatiable

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl]
  • 美式音标 [ɪnˈseʃəbəl, -ʃiə-]
  • 国际音标 [in'seiʃjəbl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.不知足的；貪求無厭的

词根记忆

  • in(不) + sat(充滿的) + i + able(能夠…的)→不能夠滿的→不知足的

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    insatiate：不知足的。
  • adv性質的同根詞
    insatiably：貪得無厭地；無法滿足地。

英汉例句

  • The public has an insatiable appetite for stories about the famous.
    公衆對名人有著難以滿足的好奇心。
  • They were insatiable collectors.
    他們是貪得無厭的征稅員。
  • I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience.
    我喜歡讀書,對於躰騐間接經歷有一種不能滿足的渴求.
  • The public has an insatiable appetite for stories about the famous.
    公衆對名人有著難以滿足的好奇心。
  • The man was lascivious, sexually perverted and insatiable.
    這個人是一個欲壑難填的變態色情狂。

词组短语

    短語

  • Insatiable Needs 欲壑難填
  • Insatiable Wives 欲求不滿的妻子們
  • insatiable desire 得隴望蜀
  • be insatiable 得寸進尺
  • The Insatiable 永不滿足;永不饜足

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (especially of a desire or need) too great to be satisfied

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If someone has an insatiable desire for something, they want as much of it as they can possibly get.