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insatiable

英 [ɪn'seɪʃəb(ə)l] 美 [ɪn'seʃəbl]

解释

adj. 贪得无厌的；不知足的

※ 提供单词"insatiable"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

insatiable 无法满足的

in-,不，非，satiable,可满足的。

英文词源

insatiable (adj.): early 15c., insaciable, from Old French insaciable (13c.), or directly from Late Latin insatiabilis "not to be satisfied," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + satiabilis, from satiare (see satiate). Related: Insatiably.

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例句和用法

1. The public has an insatiable appetite for stories about the famous.: 公众对名人有着难以满足的好奇心。

2. The man was lascivious, sexually perverted and insatiable.: 这个人是一个欲壑难填的变态色情狂。

3. They were insatiable collectors.: 他们是贪得无厌的征税员。

4. I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience.: 我喜欢读书,对于体验间接经历有一种不能满足的渴求.

5. She ridiculed his insatiable greed.: 她嘲笑他的贪得无厌.