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单词 insatiable
释义
insatiable
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl/us
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl/
(especiallyof adesireor need) toogreatto besatisfied:
（尤指欲望或需求）无法满足的，贪得无厌的
Like so manypoliticians, he had an insatiableappetite/desire/hungerforpower.同许多政客一样，他对权力贪得无厌。
Nothing, itseemed, wouldsatisfyhis insatiablecuriosity.看起来什么都无法满足他那无尽的好奇心。
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insatiably
(Definition ofinsatiablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

insatiable| American Dictionary

insatiable
adjective
us
/ɪnˈseɪ·ʃə·bəl,-ʃi·ə-/
(of adesireor need) toogreatto besatisfied:
an insatiableappetite
insatiablecuriosity
(Definition ofinsatiablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinsatiable

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His thirst for public respect wasinsatiable; for him, honor, more than interest, impelled men's actions.
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Nothing suggests that aninsatiabledemand for new symbols would have driven the emergence of a phonological combinatorial system.
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Thisinsatiablethirst spawned illicit trade, and as the tributary trade waned, illicit traders replaced licensed merchants as major players in the trade network.
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The logic of the panegyric implies that of the wine poem because the chaotic,insatiablenature of desire is essential to both.
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The demand was seen asinsatiable, partly because of the nature of the practice population.
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Another problem was theinsatiabledemand of the army for the few engineers who did graduate.
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That so few were excluded set into bold relief aninsatiableindustrial demand for cheap labor.
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This means that the pursuit of moral value is in one respect satiable and in another respectinsatiable.
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Aesthetic and intellectual values, for example, are no lessinsatiable, and so expect of us more than our lives can in principle give.
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However, the values that structure the goals are all by their natureinsatiable.
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If his story ultimately strained credibility, this was perhaps because it was overimbued with early modern stereotypes of lusty priests andinsatiablenuns.
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The absence of internal constraints, theinsatiablehunger of the system for novelty translate into a powerful drive to secure both.
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The first is based on the belief that 'drugrelated crime' is caused by addicts feeding aninsatiableneed for expensive illicit drugs.
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Colonial realities frustrated the officials'insatiablethirst for prestige.
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It makes something finite and satiable of the infinite andinsatiable.
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