ravenous
ravenous 英 [ˈrævənəs] 美 [ˈrævənəs]
adj. 贪婪的；渴望的；狼吞虎咽的
- A ravenous person feels like they haven't eaten in days and could probably finish off 10 pizzas without help. So ravenous is not a good state to be in when you go grocery shopping.
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- adj. 贪婪的；渴望的；狼吞虎咽的
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1. When it comes to unexpected heartache and tragedy, our appetite for unraveling the meaning of these ambiguous "messages" can become ravenous.
当牵涉到意外的心痛和悲剧的时候，我们会贪婪的想要阐明这些模糊“信息”的含义。
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2. To paraphrase Thucydides, the realpolitik of zombies is that the strong will do what they can and the weak must suffer devouring by reanimated, ravenous corpses.
套用修昔底德的话来说就是，活僵尸的权力政治是：强者将会作他们所能做的，而弱者只能忍受复活了的、贪婪的僵尸们的折磨。
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3. Now people go out in a mad rush to shop, like ravenous vampires feasting on new blood.
现在人们都加入到疯狂购物的大军中，和贪婪的吸血鬼饕餮着鲜血无异。
- ravenous (adj.) late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.
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