单词 | voracious |
释义 | voracious (vəreɪʃəs , US vɔːr- ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. [literary] Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector. ...the band's voracious appetite for fun. voraciously adverb He read voraciously. Collocations: voracious consumer of The world's most voracious consumer of almost everything. Times, Sunday Times The easing, the first for three years, aimed to make credit more available and should stimulate demand for raw materials by the world's most voracious consumer of natural resources. Times, Sunday Times These staff retirement plans are voracious consumers of cash and management time, yet few if any of the present employees are even beneficiaries. Times, Sunday Times The muskox are particularly voracious consumers of plant material. canada.com Other species are voracious consumers of mosquito larvae, and have potential as biological control agents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her voracious reading had well fitted her for participating in that journal's competition page where she regularly won prizes under various pseudonyms. Times, Sunday Times His memory for names and events was extraordinary, and when his sight was restored through laser surgery, he resumed his voracious reading habit. Times, Sunday Times She prescribed self-belief, voracious reading, confidence, but mostly hard work and more hard work. Times, Sunday Times In fact, she wrote out of a lifetime of voracious reading, as well as close observation of the world. Times, Sunday Times His teaching skills came to the fore in fine lectures and addresses, which reflected his voracious reading. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 贪婪的 Japanese: 貪欲な |
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