insatiable
英 [ɪn'seɪʃəb(ə)l]
美[ɪn'seʃəbl]
- adj. 贪得无厌的；不知足的
词态变化
副词: insatiably;
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They were insatiable collectors.
- 他们是贪得无厌的征税员。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. She ridiculed his insatiable greed.
- 她嘲笑他的贪得无厌.
来自《简明英汉词典》