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；贪求无厌的

词根记忆

  • in(不) + sat(充满的) + i + able(能够…的)→不能够满的→不知足的

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    insatiate：不知足的。
  • adv性质的同根词
    insatiably：贪得无厌地；无法满足地。

英汉例句

  • 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。
  • They were insatiable collectors.
    他们是贪得无厌的征税员。
  • 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.
  • 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。
  • The man was lascivious, sexually perverted and insatiable.
    这个人是一个欲壑难填的变态色情狂。

词组短语

    短语

  • Insatiable Needs 欲壑难填
  • Insatiable Wives 欲求不满的妻子们
  • insatiable desire 得陇望蜀
  • be insatiable 得寸进尺
  • The Insatiable 永不满足;永不餍足

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (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.