形容词贪婪的; 如饥似渴的; 贪吃的; 渴求的
副词贪婪地
名词贪婪,贪吃
1. 狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的:predator: 掠夺者;食肉动物 | voracious:狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的 | metabolic: 变化的;新陈代谢的
2. 渴求的,饥渴的:ascend 攀登 | voracious 渴求的,饥渴的 | appetite 胃口
3. 为食:看gaze | 为食voracious | 倒dump
1. 贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的;渴求的
If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
e.g. Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
e.g. ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
这伙人对快乐的强烈渴求
1. His visit to Australia has focused on its burgeoning exports of iron ore, coal and natural gas that feed the voracious appetite of Chinese manufacturing.
2. The country's appetite for imports is also becoming more voracious thanks to Chinese leaders'efforts to use the development tool of lifting domestic demand.
3. " We think it's a very voracious parasite, " Carlton said.
4. It has also proved a big polluter and voracious consumer of energy.
5. The plant is starting to help meet the voracious appetite for power in Jiangsu, one of the fastest growing and most prosperous regions in China.
6. Though Qiu didn't quantify the energy wasted, he gave an example to illustrate the voracious energy consumption of buildings in China.
7. A voracious reader of kungfu novels, he won many kungfu and boxing championships during his university years.
8. The family's voracious passion for diamonds has guided them throughout history.
9. voracious
9. Demand was voracious for retail space in all sectors in the first half of 2007, especially from brands related to sports products.
10. Chinese consumers have a voracious appetite for all things Apple, but the appealing gadgets and computers are also attracting increasing controversy.
adj
1. devouring or craving food in great quantities
e.g. edacious vultures
a rapacious appetite
ravenous as wolves
voracious sharks
Synonym: edacious esurient rapacious ravening ravenous wolfish
2. excessively greedy and grasping
e.g. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
ravening creditors
paying taxes to voracious governments